ArticleThe Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association2022
Changes in the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Infants With Cleft Lip and/or Palate Before and After Surgical Treatment.
Article in The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Proxy- and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Cleft Lip and/or Palate Under 8 Years of Age: A Scoping Review.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2026Article
- Palatal symmetry analysis of surgical protocols for oral clefts by 3D stereophotogrammetry.Odontology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the Health-Related Quality of Life in Non-Syndromic Persian Toddlers with Orofacial Clefts Undergoing Team Care and Compared with a Control Group.Iranian journal of child neurology · 2025Article
- The Social Cost of Nasal Sequelae in Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate in a Peruvian University Dental Clinic.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) changes before and after the primary surgical treatment in infants with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P).
designQuasi-experimental study.
methodsA total of 106 infants with CL/P younger than 2 years undergoing primary surgical treatment in the Plastic Surgery Service of the
resultsImprovements in infant's OHRQoL after treatment were reflected in each follow-up period P-ECOHIS score compared to the baseline score. The total P-ECOHIS scores decreased significantly from 28.07 (baseline) to 7.7 (12th month;
conclusionsPrimary surgical post-treatment resulted in significant improvement of the infant's OHRQoL with CL/P.
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