Management of an infant with cleft lip and palate with phocomelia in dental practice.
J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent
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2000 Dec; 18(4): 141-3
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-115106
ABSTRACT
Cleft lip and palate is a severe birth defect occurring approximately one in 800-1000 newborn infants. The incidence varies widely among races. Cleft lip and palate together account for approximately 50% of all cases whereas isolated cleft lip and isolated cleft palate occur in about 25% of cases. Many of these congenital anomalies appear to be genetically determined though the majority are of unknown causes or teratogenic influences. Presented here is a 3 day old infant with bilateral cleft lip and palate and phocomelia for whom a feeding obturator was made and delivered to facilitate feeding.
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Main subject:
Palatal Obturators
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Prosthesis Design
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Female
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Humans
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Infant, Newborn
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Follow-Up Studies
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Cleft Lip
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Cleft Palate
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Prosthesis Fitting
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Ectromelia
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Language:
English
Journal:
J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent
Journal subject:
Dentistry
Year:
2000
Type:
Article
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