Sagittal maxillary growth in patients with unoperated isolated cleft palate.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the sagittal maxillary growth during mixed and permanent dentition in patients with unoperated isolated cleft palate.


METHODS
A total of 41 patients with nonsyndromic unoperated isolated cleft palate, 16 with mixed dentition and 25 with permanent dentition.


METHODS
Cephalograms were analyzed to compare these patients with those with isolated cleft palate who had been repaired operatively as well with normal individuals.


RESULTS
The unoperated patients in mixed dentition showed reduced anterior-posterior length of the maxilla. In adults with unoperated isolated cleft palate with permanent dentition, the measurements showed maxillary retrusion as well as reduction in the anterior-posterior maxillary length.


CONCLUSIONS
Sagittal growth of the maxilla appears to be inhibited in patients with unoperated isolated cleft palate, which became more severe with age.
Department of Orthodontics, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghi 200011, China. Chen_zhengqi@yahoo.com
Zhen-Qi
ZQ
Chen
Yu-Fen
YF
Qian
Guo-Min
GM
Wang
Gang
G
Shen
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002508:Cephalometry; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D019229:Dentition, Permanent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000254:growth & development; D008445:Maxillofacial Development; D011859:Radiography