title: [Cephalometric analysis of maxillary development in adult unoperated cleft palate patients]
abstract: OBJECTIVE: Analysis of maxillary development in adult unoperated cleft palate patients.METHODS:Lateral cephalometric radiographs of 37 case of adult unoperated cleft palate (UCP) patients were analyzed with computerized aided image system, 20 normal adults were as a control group.RESULTS: Showed that maxillary anteroposterior distance of UCP group is shorter than normal control group (P<0.05) and there is no significant difference on superoinferior distance of jaw between the UCY group and normal control group (P>0.05).CONCLUSION:The cleft palate intrinsic deformities can interfere maxillarv normal development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery,School of Stomatology,Shanghai Second Medical University. Shanghai 200011,China.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Wang