Tratamentos e cuidados dos pacientes fissurados: revisão de literatura

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Lip and palate fissures are congenital malformations of multifactorial etiology that occur most often among craniofacial deformities. They cause aesthetic-functional impairments that can impair speech, chewing, breathing, breastfeeding and dental occlusion. Therefore, treatment requires a multidisciplinary approach of health professionals. OBJECTIVES: Present on the basis of a review of the scientific literature, the treatments and care of patients who have cleft lip and palate. METHODOLOGY: This is a literature review study to verify the available evidence on the treatments and care of fissured patients, through qualitative and bibliographic research. The searches were carried out in electronic health databases such as PubMed, BVS and Lilacs, with the descriptors cleft lip, cleft palate and multidisciplinary treatments. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: The treatment considered most effective for fissured patients is that carried out soon after birth by a multidisciplinary team composed of several health professionals, and the dental surgeon plays a fundamental role in the control of oral infections and in the aesthetic and functional restoration of these patients.