Evaluation of the limits of orthodontic treatment possibilities in surgically treated patients with clefts by means of teleradiography]

Using indices elaborated by himself for the evaluation of lateral teleradiographs, the author attempted to systematize the very divergent forms of postoperative jaw crippling in cleft patients. By substantiating the characteristics on inhibition in growth of the upper jaw, and by establishing a mandibular macrognathia, it is possible to judge of the limits of an orthodontic treatment.