A left transverse facial cleft with a median cleft of the lower jaw

Citation
Ac. Aygit et al., A left transverse facial cleft with a median cleft of the lower jaw, CLEF PAL-CR, 36(5), 1999, pp. 448-449
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Dentistry/Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
CLEFT PALATE-CRANIOFACIAL JOURNAL
ISSN journal
10556656 → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
448 - 449
Database
ISI
SICI code
1055-6656(199909)36:5<448:ALTFCW>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Objective: A 13-day-old girl with a left transverse facial cleft and a medi an defect of the lower jaw is reported in detail. Left macrostomia was repa ired using a W-plasty technique, and preauricular appendages were excised. The median defect of the mandible demonstrated by computed tomography scan on the first examination had disappeared at 1 year of age. Conclusion: Congenital clefts of the mandible can fuse at a later stage; th us, it is necessary to wait to treat the mandibular defect until the infant is slightly older.