Open AccessAspectos Psicológicos en niños con labio leporino y/o Paladar hendido: un breve comentario sobre algunos hallazgos relevantes para los equipos de salud
Author(s) -
Marcos Roberto Tovani Palone
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
revista de salud pública
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1853-1180
pISSN - 1852-9429
DOI - 10.31052/1853.1180.v22.n3.22873
Subject(s) - craniofacial , perception , psychology , medicine , alveolar ridge , humanities , orthodontics , developmental psychology , surgery , philosophy , psychiatry , neuroscience , implant
Individuals with these anomalies have anatomical deformities that commonly involve the lip, alveolar ridge and palate.Consequently, both aesthetics and function are impairedin the vast majority of cases(1). In view of this, the treatment of people with CL/P often requires multiple surgeries and other therapies throughout childhood, adolescence and adulthood(4-6). In addition, these craniofacial malformations can influence, among other things, the self-perception and social functioning of affected individuals, even after surgical repair(7).Therefore, multidisciplinary care isnecessary for successful treatment of these individuals(1,8).