| Summary: | The Laboratory of Physiology provides support for the diagnosis of functional
disorders associated with cleft lip and palate and also conducts studies to assess,
objectively, the institutional outcomes, as recommended by the World Health
Organization. The Laboratory is conceptually divided into three units, namely the
Unit for Upper Airway Studies, Unit for Stomatognathic System Studies and the Unit
for Sleep Studies, which aims at analyzing the impact of different surgical and
dental procedures on the upper airways, stomatognathic system and the quality of
sleep of individuals with cleft lip and palate. This paper describes the main goals
of the Laboratory in the assessment of procedures which constitute the basis of the
rehabilitation of cleft lip and palate, i.e., Plastic Surgery, Orthodontics and
Maxillofacial Surgery and Speech Pathology.
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