Morphological evaluation of changes in velopharyngeal function following maxillary distraction in patients with repaired cleft palate during mixed dentition

Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 355-363

  Satoh, Koichi ^a   Nagata, Junko ^b   Shomura, Kenji ^b   Wada, Takeshi ^c   Tachimura, Takashi ^c   Fukuda, Jinichi ^a   Shiba, Ryosuke ^d  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cephalometry; Cleft lip and palate; Distraction osteogenesis; Mixed dentition; Velopharyngeal function

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; ENDOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FACE MASK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NASOPHARYNX; ORTHODONTICS; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER;

ADENOIDS; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DENTITION, MIXED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MICROGNATHISM; NASOPHARYNX; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; PALATE, SOFT; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 3242716875     PISSN: 10556656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1597/02-153.1     Document Type: Article

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