METHOD OF STAGE-BY-STAGE UPPER LIP RENEWAL FOR BILATERAL COMBINED CLEFT AND RESULTS OF ITS USAGE

19 patients with congenital bilateral combined clefts of the upper lip, soft and hard palate have been examined and operated.

The method of cheiloplastic consists in stage-by-stage upper lip renewal with usage of traction of musculus orbicularis oris fragments, in the same time we do alveolar periosteoplastic and form vestibulum oris. The offered method gives good and satisfactory results in 85 % cases, makes a possibility of premaxilla reposition without additional orthodontic steps before permanent teeth eruption.