[Cephalometric evaluation of craniofacial morphology in preadolescent children with a repaired unilateral cleft of the primary palate].
OBJECTIVE
evaluation of craniofacial morphology in preadolescent subjects with a repaired cleft of primary palate.


METHODS
21 girls and 10 boys aged 11 years, with unilateral cleft of primary palate (14 with cleft lip and 17 with cleft lip and alveolus) were matched according to age and gender with subjects without cleft. Craniofacial morphology was evaluated based on performed cephalograms.


RESULTS
upper incisors were retroclined (1/PP angle decreased by 6.3 degree), and maxilla and mandible were positioned posteriorly (SNA and SNB angle decreased by 1.9 degree and 2.1 degree, respectively). Mandibular morphology did not show any difference between groups.


CONCLUSIONS
craniofacial growth in preadolescent individuals with surgically repaired cleft of primary palate is insignificantly disturbed.
Fudalej
Piotr
P
Klinika Chirurgii Dzieci i Młodziezy, Instytut Matki i Dziecka, Kasprzaka 17a, 014-211 Warszawa. pfudalej@gmail.com
Obłoj
Barbara
B
Miller-Drabikowska
Dorota
D
Samarcew-Krawczak
Anna
A
Dudkiewicz
Zofia
Z
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000209:etiology*; D008334:Mandible / Q000254:growth & development; D008437:Maxilla / Q000254:growth & development; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000209:etiology*