title: [Interdisciplinary orthodontic surgical treatment of children with cleft lip and palate from 9 to 20 years of age].
abstract: Cleft lip and palate is a common congenital malformation with a prevalence of 1:600 newborns. Children with orofacial clefts are treated by an interdisciplinary team of specialists while parents and child play a key role in their own care process. The orthodontic and facial orthopedic treatment of a child with a cleft takes many years. Children often get bored of the long treatment and this can cause problems with compliance and oral hygiene. Therefore it is advisable to distinguish 5 well-defined stages in the orthodontic treatment and to attempt to have some 'orthodontics free' time in between. The 3 orthodontic treatment phases between the age of 9 and 20 years consist of orthodontic treatment concerning the closing of the cleft with a bone transplant, the treatment of the permanent dentition and, finally, a possible combined orthodontic surgical treatment at the end of the period of growth. Good interdisciplinary collaboration among the different dental disciplines is essential in this regard.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kuijpers-Jagtman
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Mink van der Molen
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bierenbroodspot
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Borstlap
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D064728:Alveolar Bone Grafting / Q000379:methods*; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000628:therapy; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D010155:Palatal Expansion Technique / Q000295:instrumentation; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team