These two cases, one extraction and one nonextraction, demonstrate the present day status of a treatment protocol initiated, refined, and modified for the past 30 years. Using the combined and coordinated services of surgeon and orthodontist from the time of birth, individuals born with complete clefts of the lip and palate now have a better possibility of full esthetic and functional use of all of their maxillary permanent anterior dentition.

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