Rehabilitative treatment of cleft lip and palate: experience of the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies/USP (HRAC/USP) Part 4: Oral Rehabilitation

Treatment of patients with cleft lip and palate is completed with fixed prostheses, removable, total, implants and aims to restore aesthetics, phonetics and function and should be guided by the basic principles of oral rehabilitation, such as physiology, stability, aesthetics, hygiene and the expectations of the patient. In order to obtain longevity of a prosthetic rehabilitation, the periodontal and dental tissue as well as the biomechanics of the prosthesis are to be respected. The purpose of this article is to describe the types of prosthetics treatment, which are performed at HRAC/USP for the rehabilitation of cleft area in adult patients.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	FREITAS,Jose Alberto de Souza, ALMEIDA,Ana Lucia Pompeia Fraga de, SOARES,Simone, NEVES,Lucimara Teixeira das, GARIB,Daniela Gamba, TRINDADE-SUEDAM,Ivy Kiemle, YAEDU,Renato Yassutaka Faria, LAURIS,Rita de Cassia Moura Carvalho, OLIVEIRA,Thais Marchini, PINTO,Joao Henrique Nogueira
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Faculdade De Odontologia De Bauru - USP 2013
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572013000300284
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