Table 19.1
The main groups of children who will need maxillofacial input

Cleft lip and palate:

 

Primary and secondary surgery

 

Congenital abnormalities:

 

Crouzons

 

Aperts

 

Pfeiffers

 

Craniosynostosis

 

First arch abnormalities:

 

Pierre Robin

 

Treacher Collins

 

Goldenhar

 

Trauma:

 

Soft tissue or bony injuries

 

Caustic or thermal burns

 

Arteriovenous malformations:

 

Sturge–Weber

 

Tumours:

 

Benign or malignant

 

Infection:

 

Dental abscess

 

Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint

 

Atypical mycobacterium lymphadenitis

 

Inflammation:

 

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

Cleft lip and palate:

 

Primary and secondary surgery

 

Congenital abnormalities:

 

Crouzons

 

Aperts

 

Pfeiffers

 

Craniosynostosis

 

First arch abnormalities:

 

Pierre Robin

 

Treacher Collins

 

Goldenhar

 

Trauma:

 

Soft tissue or bony injuries

 

Caustic or thermal burns

 

Arteriovenous malformations:

 

Sturge–Weber

 

Tumours:

 

Benign or malignant

 

Infection:

 

Dental abscess

 

Septic arthritis of the temporomandibular joint

 

Atypical mycobacterium lymphadenitis

 

Inflammation:

 

Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

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