[Surgical treatment of patients with upper micrognatia caused by cleft lip and palate]

Hypoplasia of the upper jaw to one degree or another inevitably occurs in patients with cleft lip and palate. The most difficult task is to fix skeletal deformity of the upper jaw, especially the discrepancy between its transversal dimensions due to the high risks of recurrence after treatment. One of the key stages of rehabilitation of this group of patients is orthodontics and surgical treatment aimed at eliminating functional and aesthetic problems of the dental system. The variety of treatment protocols illustrates the special approach in the treatment of patients with clefts, however, the development of recommendations to eliminate the imbalance of the upper jaw in these patients should include an interdisciplinary approach when choosing treatment tactics. The search for an effective rehabilitation algorithm continues, and the development of a digital protocol is especially useful in planning and interpreting patient treatment results. The purpose of this literature review was to analyze existing methods of conservative and surgical correction of transversal maxillary discrepancy in adult patients with cleft lip and palate.