Review Article

Year : 2017 | Volume : 2 | Issue : 1 | Page : 1-6

Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate: Role of a Pediatric Dentist in Its Management

Rahul Kaul, Parul Jain, Subrata Saha, Subir Sarkar

Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

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Dr. Rahul Kaul,

Room No. 2C, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry,Dr. R. Ahmed Dental College and Hospital, Kolkata ‐ 700 14, West Bengal, India.

E‐mail: dr.rahulkaul@gmail.com

Abstract

Cleft lip and palate is one of the most common congenital anomalies requiring multidisciplinary care. Such anomaly causes many problems such as impaired suckling, defective speech, deafness, malocclusion, gross facial deformity, and severe psychological problems. Cleft of the lip and palate is one such condition that occurs at such a strategic place in the orofacial region and at such a crucial time that it becomes a complex congenital deformity. Pediatric dentist has a vital role to play right from the neonatal period up to phase of permanent dentition. This review describes a vital role played by pediatric dentist, may it be preventive, restorative, or the interventional care. In the present review article, we offer an extensive review of the literature found in the ISI Web of Knowledge, Index Copernicus, SCOPUS, PubMed, and Cochrane Library. The key words searched were “Cleft lip,” “Cleft Palate,” “Cleft lip and palate,’ “Dentist,” “Pediatric Dentist” “Pedodontist,” “Management,” and “dental treatment.”

Keywords: Cleft lip and palate, management, pediatric dentist, role

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How to cite this article: Kaul R, Jain P, Saha S, Sarkar S. Cleft lip and cleft palate: Role of a pediatric dentist in its management. Int J Pedod Rehabil 2017;2:1-6.