[Use of temporary crowns for corrections of malocclusions during the deciduous dentition in children with cleft lips and palates].

Diagnosis and correction of the a priori not normal development of the dentition in cleft palate children is of utmost importance in the primary dentition. Secondary preventive dental care using uncomplicated procedures is one of the most rewarding responsibilities in cleft orthopedics. Aesthetics in dentistry is stressed and cleft palate children should not be excluded out of consideration for their parents. A technical modification of the inclined plane using only tooth coloured materials for the treatment of sagittal and transverse anomalies of the primary dentition is presented. Case reports include a patient with a genetic disposition for anomalies in the ipsilateral maxillary quadrant.