title: Three-dimensional analysis techniques--Part 1: Three-dimensional soft-tissue analysis of 24 adult cleft palate patients following Le Fort I maxillary advancement: a preliminary report.
abstract: The three-dimensional, facial soft-tissue changes of 24 patients with various cleft types following transpalatal Le Fort I osteotomy were measured using laser scanning techniques, radial measurements, and a color millimetric scale. There was a varying degree of midface retrusion in the different cleft groups, and a very similar pattern of retrusion over the nasal complex. Each group of patients showed a varying degree of relapse postsurgically, but there was a failure in all the cleft groups to correct the lack of nasal projection.
authors.affiliation: East Grinstead Orthodontic Centre, Royal London Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: McCance
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Moss
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Fright
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Linney
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods*; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003116:Color; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D007834:Lasers; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D009666:Nose / Q000473:pathology; D019340:Osteotomy, Le Fort; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012008:Recurrence; D012737:Sex Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome