title: Prosthetic assessment in cleft lip and palate patients: a case report with oronasal communication.
abstract: The cleft lip and palate patient is mainly characterized by the presence of an oronasal communication, malformation or agenesis of the teeth close to the cleft, and deficient sagittal and transverse growth of the maxilla. These patients require various treatments involving a multidisciplinary team, which may include a maxillofacial surgeon, an orthodontist, a speech therapist, a paediatrician, a general dentist, a prosthodontist, an ENT specialist, a psychologist and all those professionals who can help provide functional, aesthetic and psychological improvement. This report describes a case of prosthetic rehabilitation in a patient with cleft lip and palate and an oronasal fistula (communication) following surgery. Different prosthetic treatments are described, with emphasis being placed on the approach chosen after to discuss the various limitations which arose.
authors.affiliation: Facultat d'Odontología. Universidad de Barcelona, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. tomasescuin@ub.edu
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sala Martí
authors.forename: Maaria Dolores
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Merino Tessore
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Escuin Henar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009056:Mouth Abnormalities; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities*