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REHABILITATION OF CLEFT LIP AND PALATE PATIENTS WITH A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH

Abstract

The oral rehabilitation of lip and palate patients is challenging and many of these patients are suffering if they don’t receive sufficient dental treatment. Several techniques, including orthodontic appliances, surgeries, advanced prosthodontic rehabilitation, and alveolar bone grafts have been proposed for the oral rehabilitation of these patients. There are still some difficulties in the prosthetic rehabilitation of cleft lip and palate patients with conventional prostheses or implant-retained prostheses because of insufficient alveolar bone quality and quantity, inadequate soft tissue, and abutment teeth. This paper is an attempt to review the systematic approach in the management of cleft lip and palate patients

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