Dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1: From birth to the mixed dentition stage

C J Rivkin; O Keith; P J Crawford; I S Hathorn

doi:10.1038/sj.bdj.4800393

Dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1: From birth to the mixed dentition stage

Br Dent J. 2000 Jan 22;188(2):78-83. doi: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800393.

Authors

C J Rivkin¹, O Keith, P J Crawford, I S Hathorn

Affiliation

¹ Community Unit, Bristol Dental Hospital.

PMID: 10689769
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4800393

Abstract

This is the first of two articles looking at dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1 looks at the needs of the child with a cleft lip and palate from birth through to the mixed dentition stage.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Child
Child, Preschool
Cleft Lip / therapy*
Cleft Palate / therapy*
Dental Care*
Dentition, Mixed
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Patient Care Planning
Tooth Diseases / prevention & control
Tooth, Deciduous