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The open bite correspond to a lack of evident contact between the superior and inferior pieces that are manifest at level of the incisive group or the later segments of the arches. The habits of digital suction and atypical swallowing constitute an aspect of special interest in etiopatogenia of the open bite. Detecting the atypical swallowing when they project the tongue to the palatal face of the previous teeth opening the bite, space that soon occupies the tongue, producing a greater muscular action than is activated to badly a habit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cleft lip and palatal is a problem which its objetives of treatment are very complicated to achieve and the patients with this problem are submitted by too many surgeries to replace the functions of swallowing, phonation, matication and a better psychotherapist development. However, the upper maxilar bone deficence persists and creates concave profiles. One of the best methods that exists for this kind of patients is the osteogenic distraction of the maxilla, with this procedure is possible to reach an harmonic and stable profile. With a multidisciplinary view is posible to offer a better life cuality to adult patients with this problem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]