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Cleft Jaw

MedGen UID:
899134
•Concept ID:
C2609072
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Congenital Abnormality

Definition

A congenital abnormality consisting of clefting in the jaw, which results from incomplete fusion of the embryonic mandibular prominence. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCleft Jaw

Professional guidelines

PubMed

STUDY OF THE STRESS-STRAIN STATE OF THE MAXILLA DURING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT OF DENTOGNATHIC DEFORMATIONS IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL CLEFT LIP AND PALATE.
Filonenko VV, Kaniura OА, Kopchak AV, Kryshchuk MG
Wiad Lek 2023;76(12):2648-2656. doi: 10.36740/WLek202312114. PMID: 38290029
Early cleft management: in search of evidence.
Hathaway RR, Long RE Jr
Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2014 Feb;145(2):135-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2013.11.012. PMID: 24485727
Early cleft management: the case for nasoalveolar molding.
Grayson BH, Garfinkle JS
Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2014 Feb;145(2):134-42. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2013.11.011. PMID: 24485726

Recent clinical studies

Prognosis

THE COURSE OF THE PREMAXILLARY AND MAXILLARY VESSELS AND NERVES IN CLEFT JAW.
BOHN A
Acta Odontol Scand 1963 Dec;21:463-513. doi: 10.3109/00016356309011238. PMID: 14121954

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