title: Cranial base and cleft lip and palate.
abstract: Previous studies do not agree on relationships between cleft palate and the cranial base. This study comparing normal and cleft lip-and-palate samples finds no significant difference in cranial base angle, but significantly shorter clivus length in the cleft sample.
authors.affiliation: Orthodontic Department, Edinburgh Dental Hospital, Scotland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sandham
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology*