Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T20:41:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2008-01-01; Nasoendoscopy is an important tool for assessing velopharyngeal function. The purpose of this study was to analyze velar and pharyngeal wall movement and velopharyngeal gap during nasoendoscopic evaluation of the velopharynx before and during diagnostic therapy. Nasoendoscopic recordings of 10 children ...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T02:43:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-01-01; Information about the prevalence of consonant production errors, including compensatory articulations (CA), in individuals with cleft lip and palate (CLP) who speak Brazilian Portuguese is limited, particularly regarding liquid sounds. The literature primarily reports the occurrence of CA for plosive an...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T02:43:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-01-01; The use of prosthetic devices for correction of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) is an alternative treatment for patients with conditions that preclude surgery and for those individuals with a hypofunctional velopharynx (HV) with a poor prognosis for the surgical repair of VPI. Understanding the role ...
Objective: To compare dental arch relationships in children with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) between two surgical techniques for repair of cleft lip/palate and two ages of palate repair. Settings and Sample: Dental models were taken for a group of 448 subjects at a mean age of 7 years and were evaluated by means of the Goslon Yardstick. The patients studied consisted of an initial group of 673 infant...
Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T01:39:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-11-01; Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); The objective of this study was to investigate the occurrence of Passavant's ridge in patients with history of cleft palate presenting with velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) after primary palatal surgery. Twenty-five adult patients (m...