title: Treatment of labio-palatal cleft: Presentation of a clinical case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Management of adult patients with a cleft lip and palate is often multidisciplinary. The aim of orthodontic treatment is to correct the malocclusion. When the skeletal dysmorphosis is significant, the solution has to be orthognathic surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors report the case of a 16-year-old patient with a cleft lip and palate and a skeletal Class III. The aim of the orthodontic treatment was to correct dento-alveolar compensations. The skeletal discrepancy was corrected by maxillary advancement and mandibular setback.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Collaboration between the orthodontist, the maxillo-facial surgeon and/or the plastic surgeon, both as regards timing and the choice of surgical procedures, is essential for successful secondary correction of the esthetic and functional sequellae of a labio-palatal cleft.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Moulay Abdellah, boulevard Hassan II, 28800 Mohammedia, Morocco. Electronic address: sebbar.mourad@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mourad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sebbar
authors.affiliation: Département d'orthopédie dento-faciale, faculté de médecine dentaire, Casablanca, Morocco.
authors.forename: Amal
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: El Aouame
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Moulay Youssef, 112, boulevard Moulay Youssef, 20040 Casablanca, Morocco.
authors.forename: Idriss
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tougui
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008313:Malocclusion, Angle Class III / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D057909:Orthognathic Surgery / Q000379:methods; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic
keywords: Labio-palatal cleft; Orthodontics; Orthognathic surgery