[Morphology of the soft palate in normal humans with digital cephalometry].
OBJECTIVE
To study the morphology of the soft palate in normal humans with digital radiography and to provide the references for therapy of the cleft.


METHODS
106 normal people were involved. The morphology of the soft palate was observed with digital cephalometry.


RESULTS
All static images of soft palate could be divided into six types: Shuttle-shaped, crescent-shaped, strip-shaped, S-shaped, hamulus-shaped and anomalous shaped. The dynamic image was knee-shaped.


CONCLUSIONS
The morphology of the soft palate is varied.
Niu
Yu-Ming
YM
Dept. of Oral Radiology, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
Wang
Hu
H
Zheng
Qian
Q
He
Xing
X
Zhang
Jing
J
Li
Xiao-Min
XM
Lu
Yong
Y
D002508:Cephalometry; D002972:Cleft Palate; D006801:Humans; D010160:Palate, Soft