TY - CHAP AU - Koroush Taheri Talesh AU - Mohammad Hosein Kalantar Motamedi ED - Mohammad Hosein Kalantar Motamedi Y1 - 2013-06-26 PY - 2013 T1 - Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery N2 - The discipline of oral and maxillofacial surgery covers a wide range of diseases, conditions, injuries and defects of the head, neck, face and jaws as well as the hard and soft tissues of the oral cavity. It is an internationally recognized surgical specialty rapidly changing with evolving advancements in technology. Specialists of this field care for patients with problems such as impacted teeth, facial pain, misaligned jaws, facial injuries, oral cancer, cysts, tumors, and patients requiring facial cosmetic surgery and dental implants. New texts are needed to keep practitioners up-to-date because advancements are being made world-wide on a daily basis. This book seeks to present advanced concepts on complex topics within the scope of this dynamic discipline. BT - A Textbook of Advanced Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery SP - Ch. 20 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/55147 DO - 10.5772/55147 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -