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Latief, B. S. (2005, January 20). Dental Arch Width in Unoperated Cleft Patients. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/649
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Acknowledgments
In remembrance of Prof. Dr. Dr. Widanto Hardjowasito DSB, DSBP,
dear Mas Wid, we started in 1982, when we were on our way from the airport of Halim PK to the airport of Kemayoran both in Jakarta. And during the return from Groningen to Malang, you invited me to share your dedication for such important work i.e. to take part in cleft operations in poor areas in Nusa Tenggara Timur and Timor Timur. You taught me to perform cleft operations, and many other things that deal with humanity. For almost 20 years we worked together, until you called me when I was in Leiden, to come to Malang. I met you a few days before you left us forever. I reported to you “Eindelijk, ik komt naar de resultaat”. In my prayers I wish you “Selamat jalan Mas Wid”.
Prof. Dr. M.A. van ’t Hof, dear Prof Martin, thank you very much for
having supported me in the statistical analysis of the data. Your support and constructive criticism have encouraged me to finish this work. I am really grateful to you.
Dieuwke Veening, dear Dieuwke, thank you very much for the correction of
the English of this manuscript as well as for accompanying Prof Lekkas and so providing an excellent atmosphere during these periods.
Family Lekkas and in remembrance of Vredeleen Lekkas, Lieke, Annetje, Irini, and colleague Josephine thank you for having taken me into
the family. I realise that I have always claimed your papa’s time, even on Saturdays and Sundays.
Mrs. W.D. Blansjaar, Dear Wil, in the beginning it was difficult for you to
read my handwriting. But thanks to God, the computer took over the job. Thank you for your help, especially during the data registration periods, that took such a lot of work and also for your help when I tried to communicate with Prof Lekkas from Indonesia “dat kling kom uit Indonesie“. Thank you very much. I hope to see you one day in Jakarta.
Measurement staff at Kamerlingh Onnes Instituut Leiden, I thank you for
Mr. S.J.A. Nottet, Dear Servaas, you have helped me a lot in calculating
distances and angles and by preparing the data sets for the statistical analysis. Thank you very much.
Mette Kuijpers, dear Mette, thank you for translating the summary of this
thesis into Dutch.
Mrs. Y.S.H. Kievits, Mrs. J.M.J. Verhoeven and Mrs. M.J.M. van Duijnhoven, beste Yvonne, Jacqueline en Marieke, thank you very much for
your work on the layout of this thesis and for your assistance in all other practical things.
My sincere gratitude goes to all who were involved in our cleft missions and who have made these expeditions a success:
• The expedition team from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of
Brawijaya and of RS Syaiful Anwar Malang. Prof. Dr. A Hidayat SpOG, Prof. Dr. A Moch Hidayat DSBO (former Dean), both of you
were always involved in every expedition to Nusa Tenggara Timur or Timor Timur; Prof Dr Moelyohadi Ali of the Public Health department;
Dr Hanafi and Dr. Arif of the Radiology Department; Prof. Dr. Lukito and Dr. Onggung Napitupulu of the Anatomy Department; Dr. Soedarmi of the ENT Department; Dr. Bambang Pardjianto DSBP of
the Surgery Department; Dr. Effendi Nazar, Dr. Harry Bagianto, Dr.
Waskito and Dr. Gunung Mahameru of the Anaesthetics Department;
The paramedical staff, especially Safroni, Nurochmat and Pitono, Ibu
Sarbani, Katiani and Prihatin, and all others who helped me in
collecting the relevant data.
• The expedition team of the military hospital, RS Gatot Subroto
Jakarta, especially Brig Jend Dr Kardjono.
• The host team of Nusa Tenggara Timur, Timor Timur and Nusa
Tenggara Barat, Dr Nafsiah Mboi and the local people in BK3S
province NTT, and the provincial Health Service. The general hospitals in Kupang, Soe, Maumere, Kefamenanu Atambua Larantuka Dilli Baucau and Mataram.
• Dr. Ben Mboi, Dr. Herman Fernandes former governor of NTT and
Prof. Dr. S.W. Prayitno, former Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Indonesia, thank you very much for having allowed me to go to
The Netherlands for further specialization and for your support to continue this work.
Dr. Faruk Hoesin, former Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Indonesia, I am truly grateful for your support over the years.
Dr. Herwati Djoharnas, former Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Indonesia, Thank you very much, because from you I got the
official permission to step into the PhD programme.
Dr. Afi Safitri, former Dean and Dr. Sri Angki Soekanto PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Indonesia, thank you for your
continuous support so that I could finish this thesis.
I further want to extend my appreciation to my colleagues Dr Eddy A.
Fatah, former head of the Department of Oral Maxillofacial surgery,
who sponsored me to come to Leiden in 1983; Dr. M Soebekti, Dr. Anna
Pasaribu, Dr. Iwan Tofani, Dr RM Zulkarnaen, Dr CC Pattiasina, Dr Kesumayati ED, Dr Teguh I Santoso, former head of the department
and former head of postgraduate studies, who took over my daily programme and also other staff members in particular Dr. Pradono, Dr Bambang
Sudjoyono (r.i.p), Dr. Lilies and Dr Evy; Dr Ronny and Dr A Latif,
trainers in AZL/LUMC who were involved in the registration of data.
Family of Slamet, Bapak Slamet, thank you very much for helping my wife
Endang to take care of Icha, when I was away for study in Leiden from 1983 to 1985, Etty and Istanto, Sri, Nani and Yono (r.i.p) and Yetty, my niece and my nephew.
Family of Latief, Firman Latief and Mimi, Sylvia Latief and Hasan Bisri,
Especially to my lovely parents “Bapak” H Abdul Sjukur Latief and
“Emak” Hajjah Aspiah Latief - Ali Affandi in remembrance, who
already knew about my decision to come to the Netherlands in order to become a surgeon and researcher. You gave me the ability and direction in life. You have been the strongest pillars in my achievements.
Curriculum vitae
Benny Sjariefsjah Latief was born in Jakarta on October 19th, 1953. He completed his elementary school in SD/TK Kencana Jakarta in 1965, Junior High School in SMP Negeri X Jakarta in 1968, Senior High School in SMA Negeri I Jakarta in 1971. In 1972 he started the study of dentistry at the Faculty of Dentistry, Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta, where he graduated in 1977.
He was appointed as lecture staff at the Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery at the Faculty of Dentistry Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta from 1977 up until now. At the same time he was a staff member at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery RS Cipto Mangunkusumo Jakarta, from 1977 to 1998. He followed an advanced education program in Oral Maxillofacial Surgery at the Academic Hospital in Leiden (The Netherlands) from 1983 to 1985 under guidance of Prof. Dr C. Lekkas. He was registered as Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon in Indonesia in 1989.
List of publications
HARDJOWASITO W, LATIEF BS. Study on adult unoperated cleft lip and palate, a preliminary report in dental cast. Majalah Ropanasuri 1987; pp 16.
SPAUWEN PH, HARDJOWASITO W, BOERSMA J, LATIEF BS. Dental cast study of adult patients with untreated unilateral cleft lip or cleft lip and palate in Indonesia compared with surgically treated patients in The Netherlands. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 1993;30:313-319.
DERIJCKE A, KUIJPERS-JAGTMAN AM, LEKKAS C, HARDJOWASITO W, LATIEF BS. Dental arch dimensions in unoperated adult cleft palate patients: an analysis of 37 cases. J Craniofac Genet Dev Biol 1994;14:69-74.
LATIEF BS. Orthognatic surgery in the cleft patient. In: Seminar penanganan terpadu celah bibir dan langit2. Semarang, Jawa Tengah (Indonesia); 1994.
LATIEF BS. Syarat dan persiapan operasi penderita celah bibir dan langitan. KPPIKG X Jakarta; 1994.
HARDJOWASITO W, LATIEF BS, LEKKAS C. Penderita sumbing bibir dan langit2 yang tidak dioperasi di provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia. Majalah Kedokteran Universitas Brawijaya Malang 1996;12:5-7.
LEKKAS C, LATIEF BS, HARDJOWASITO W, KUIJPERS-JAGTMAN AM. Width and elevation of the palatal shelves in the unoperated cleft patient. In: Transactions 8th International Congress on Cleft Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies. ST Lee, M Huang (Eds). Singapore: Stamford Press; 1997. pp 298-302.
LEKKAS C, LATIEF BS, CORPUTTY JE. Median cleft of the lower lip associated with lip pits and cleft of the lip and palate. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 1998;35:269-271. LEKKAS C, LATIEF BS, TER RAHE SP, KUIJPERS-JAGTMAN AM. The adult
unoperated cleft patient: absence of maxillary teeth outside the cleft area. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2000;37:17-20.
LEKKAS C, LATIEF BS, TER RAHE SPN, KUIJPERS-JAGTMAN AM. The unoperated adult cleft patient: teeth in the cleft area. Eur J Plast Surg 2001;24: 118-122.
GORTZAK RAT, LATIEF BS, LEKKAS C, SLOOTWEG PH. Inferior alveolar nerve preservation in ameloblastomas. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg, submitted 2004.
