Cleft Lip and Palate: Diagnosis and Management / Edition 3

ISBN-13: 9783642307690 Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg Publication date: 02/26/2013 Edition description: 3rd ed. 2013 Pages: 982 Product dimensions: 7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.07(d) Cleft Lip and Palate: Diagnosis and Management is an unparalleled review of treatment concepts in all areas of cleft involvement presented by an international team of experienced clinicians. A unique feature of the book is that it largely consists of longitudinal facial and palatal growth studies of dental casts, photographs, panorexes, and cephalographs from birth to adolescence. Throughout the discussion of growth and treatment concepts, the importance of differential diagnosis in treatment planning is underscored. The underlying argument is that all the treatment goals – good speech, facial aesthetics, dental occlusion, and psychological development – may be realized without the need to sacrifice one for another. This updated third edition includes new chapters on further successful physiological trea