Protocols in Cleft Lip and Palate Treatment: Systematic Review

Table 3

Conclusions of articles that addressed “infant orthopedics”.

Infant Orthopedics
Experimental group	Conclusion	Control	Explanation for the conclusion
Patients who had infant orthopedics	=	Patients who did not have infant orthopedics	Cephalometric outcomes at ages 4 and 6 were not relevant [21]; no long-term (age 6 [22]) or short-term (18 months [23]) outcomes on facial appearance; no influence on mother’s satisfaction [24]; no improvement on feeding efficiency or general body growth within the first year [25, 26]; no long-term outcomes on the maxillary arch dimensions (age 6 [27]), on deciduous dentition (age 6 [27, 28]), or on the occlusion (age 6 [28]); no short-term outcomes on the maxillary arch dimensions (18 months) [29, 30]; no long-term outcomes on language development (age 6) [31]; no improvement on the intelligibility at 2.5 years [32].
Patients who had infant orthopedics	>	Patients who did not have infant orthopedics	Acceptable cost effectiveness based on speech development at 2.5 years [33]; better speech development between 2 and 3 years [34]; higher ratings for intelligibility at 2.5 years [35].