Cleft palate A unilateral or bilateral congenital fissure in the palate. It is caused by a failure of the lateral shelves to fuse and may be accompanied by a cleft lip. An auxiliary fabricated of orthodontic wire that, upon mesiodistal-pulling activation, exhibits a reduction in the plane area enclosed within its geometry. Treatment usually, but not necessarily, utilizes fixed orthodontic appliances. Adjunctive procedures such as extractions, maxillofacial surgery, nasopharyngeal surgery, myofunctional or speech therapy and restorative or periodontal care, may be coordinated disciplines.
Optimal care requires long-term consideration of patients' needs and periodic reevaluation.
Treatment may incorporate several phases with specific objectives at various stages of dentofacial development. The shortening of a characteristic dimension of a body associated with pushing force. The presentation of anatomical information from a cross sectional plane of the body by computer synthesis of an image from x-rays. Transmission data obtained in many different directions through the plane under consideration. The process of entering cephalometric data in digital format for analysis by any one or more of a variety of analyses available in software format.