Oral Habits and Oral Health Behavior of 3-6 Year Old Children with Cleft Lip and Palate from Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation of the Philippines Inc. /Carla Daphne C. Salcedo and Rebekah Faith Tuparan./ .

Oral Habits and Oral Health Behavior of 3-6 Year Old Children with Cleft Lip and Palate from Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation of the Philippines Inc. /Carla Daphne C. Salcedo and Rebekah Faith Tuparan./ .

INTRODUCTION: Cleft lip and palate result in severe functional deficits in mastication, deglutition and speech. Oral habits are learned patterns of muscular contractions that are more common in children. Excessive repetition of these oral habits may be harmful to one’s oral health. In the Phil...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Salcedo, Carla Daphne C., author
Other Authors: Tuparan, Rebekah Faith F., author, Tuaño-Cabrera, Cecile P., faculty co-author, De Castro, Elizabeth G., technical adviser
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Subjects:
Cleft Lip.
Cleft palate.
Oral health.
Oral health care.