title: [Analysis of maxillary dental-arch dimensions in adult unoperated cleft palate patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analysis of maxillary dental-arch development in adult unoperated cleft palate patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Dental casts was studied in 20 cases of adult unoperated cleft palate (UCP) patients, and 20 cases of normal adults were as a control group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The UCP group showed smaller dental-arch widths than a control group in the canine region (P < 0.05) and these was no significant difference on upper-arch depth and posterior dental arch widths between the UCP group and a control group (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the UCP group major deformity were in incisor and canine region, and smaller interfere to posterior dental-arch widths and depth. Operation for cleft lip can interfere maxillary dental-arch development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Shanghai Second Medical University.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002508:Cephalometry; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003724:Dental Arch / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D003765:Models, Dental