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Cleft Jaw

MedGen UID:
899134
•Concept ID:
C2609072
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Congenital Abnormality

Definition

A congenital abnormality consisting of clefting in the jaw, which results from incomplete fusion of the embryonic mandibular prominence. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCleft Jaw

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of the protuberant premaxilla: where does it fit in?
Morris L
Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2019 Aug;27(4):302-309. doi: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000558. PMID: 31219831
Cleft Lip Repair, Nasoalveolar Molding, and Primary Cleft Rhinoplasty.
Bhuskute AA, Tollefson TT
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2016 Nov;24(4):453-466. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2016.06.015. PMID: 27712813
Controversies in the diagnosis and management of the Robin sequence.
Mackay DR
J Craniofac Surg 2011 Mar;22(2):415-20. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182074799. PMID: 21403570

Recent clinical studies

Prognosis

THE COURSE OF THE PREMAXILLARY AND MAXILLARY VESSELS AND NERVES IN CLEFT JAW.
BOHN A
Acta Odontol Scand 1963 Dec;21:463-513. doi: 10.3109/00016356309011238. PMID: 14121954

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