Patient With Cleft Maxillary Hypoplasia Who Underwent Distraction Osteogenesis and Conservative Therapies to Postoperative Velopharyngeal Insufficiency.

The authors performed distraction osteogenesis using
The Maxillary Distractor System (SYNTHES) to maxillary hypoplasia
patient with cleft lip palate, and consequently improved the
aesthetic complexion of the patient. Velopharyngeal insufficiency
developed after bone elongation; the authors improved the insufficiency
with conservative therapies such as articulatory training
using the bulb attached palatal lift prosthesis. And then the authors
got successful and accepted postoperative speech outcome.