title: Description of a clinical technique for tooth extraction in the cleft lip and palate area.
abstract: Cleft lip and palate are relatively common congenital malformations, which may require specialist paedodontic treatment. In this article, the case of a 9-year-old boy with bilateral complete cleft lip and palate is presented. He attended the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRAC) for routine examination, during which the presence of pre-canine supernumeraries bilaterally in the cleft area was seen. The extraction of these dental elements was justified by extensive carious lesions and because they represented a potential problem during secondary palatoplasty. The precautions needed in tooth extraction in patients with cleft lip and palate are described, together with illustrations of the clinical procedure.
authors: Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies-Setor de Odontopediatria, University of Sao Paulo (HRAC-USP), Rua Silvio Marchione, 3-20, Vila Universitária, 17043-900-Bauru, SP, Brazil.
authors: G S
authors: GS
authors: Dalben
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Gomide
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Costa
authors: L T
authors: LT
authors: Neves
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications*; D003481:Cuspid / Q000002:abnormalities; D017742:Dental Care for Chronically Ill; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000379:methods*; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*