title: Chronology and sequence of eruption of the permanent teeth in patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the chronology and sequence of eruption of the permanent teeth in subjects with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional. Data on children presenting complete cleft lip and palate were evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was carried out at the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample comprised 477 patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate, aged 5 to 14 years. Of these patients, 166 were girls and 311 were boys.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The girls presented, for all maxillary and mandibular teeth, a smaller mean age of eruption than the boys. The maxillary lateral incisor and cuspid adjacent to the cleft presented significantly higher mean ages of eruption than their homologous teeth on the noncleft side.
authors.affiliation: Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies, University of São Paulo (HRCA-USP), Bauru, SP, Brazil. cleidecarrara@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Cleide Felício
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: de Carvalho Carrara
authors.forename: José Eduardo
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: de Oliveira Lima
authors.forename: Carlos Eduardo
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Carrara
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gonzalez Vono
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014078:Tooth Eruption