Oblique lip-alveolar banding in patients with cleft lip and palate.
We report an oblique lip-alveolar band, a rare banding of soft tissue that involves the lip and alveolus, which we have found in five patients with cleft lip and palate (0.2%), compared with an incidence of the Simonartz lip-lip band of 5.7%). To our knowledge this has not been reported previously. In two patients the bands affected the cleft lip and alveolus bilaterally, with or without the palatal cleft, and in three the bands were unilateral cleft lip and alveolus with or without the palatal cleft.
Facial Cleft Deformity Clinic, Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Electronic address: sharannaidoo@gmail.com.
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Facial Cleft Deformity Clinic, Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, University of Pretoria, South Africa; College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000002:abnormalities*; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000473:pathology*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008046:Lip / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000002:abnormalities*; D009666:Nose / Q000002:abnormalities
Cleft lip and palate; Lip-alveolar band; Simonartz’ band