Historical aspects and the current status of rehabilitation of cleft patients

Chernobrovkina Maria Igorevna, Silin Alexey Viktorovich

In the present paper the most charismatic and attractive cultural and historical aspects of cleft face were illustrated. Phenotypic signs of facial clefts of different ages of people are presented in the article on example of art objects. Historical facts as well as the aspects of multidisciplinary management of orofacial clefts in our cleft center were observed.

Keywords:cleft lip and palate, orofacial defect, nasoalveolar molding, primary cheiloplasty, early orthodontic treatment, obturator.