EXPANSÃO MAXILAR EM PACIENTES SINDRÔMICOS COM FISSURA LÁBIO PALATA

Abstract

The objective of this work was to carry out a study on the acceptance of the use of maxillary expander devices in syndromic patients. A Literature Review was carried out to evaluate maxillary expansion treatment in syndromic patients, in health databases, in the following databases: PubMed, Scielo, Google Scholar, Cora Coralina Digital Library -FACMAIS, and in scientific journals in the area of dentistry. Using the following keywords: “maxillary atresia", “special patients”, “maxillary circuit breaker”, “dental treatment”, and “nasopalatine cleft”. After the integrative literature review, 11 works relevant to the project theme were selected, respecting the determined inclusion and exclusion criteria initially. Among them: an online book available in the institution's online library, a doctoral thesis and articles available in online journals. After reading the selected works, a table was created guiding the discussion of this work. From now on, with references and reviews From selected literature it was possible to conclude that acceptance of the use of maxillary expansion devices and treatment success may be relative among syndromic patients. It is noteworthy that patients present their individualities and treatment decisions must be made based on a personalized initial assessmen