title: Orthodontic treatment in children with cleft lip and palate repaired using a two-stage surgical correction - authors' experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to present and evaluate orthodontic rules and methods in the treatment of children and adolescents with complete cleft lip and palate.
  
  
  METHODS
  The material consists of about 5500 primary clefts treated at the Hospital and Clinic of Plastic Surgery in Polanica-Zdrój in the years 1976-2008. The most common surgical procedure (>99%) consisted of two-stage repair of cleft lip and palate. In the years 1976-2008, surgical treatment was administered to 5,500 children with a cleft lip and palate. The efficiency of orthodontic procedures is discussed in relation to multidisciplinary cooperation, with a particular emphasis on surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Apart from cleft morphology and the quality of primary surgery, the patients appearance, midface development and occlusal conditions depend on multidisciplinary cooperation, with special regard given to orthodontic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Chopina 2a, 57-320 Polanica Zdrój, POLAND, gabinet@ortodoncja-kobus-zalesna.pl.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobus-Zaleśna
authors.forename: Kazimerz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobus
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawala