Comparative study between children with and without cleft lip and cleft palate, Part 1: Cephalometric analysis
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Zúñiga, Claudia
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Comparative study between children with and without cleft lip and cleft palate, Part 1: Cephalometric analysis
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Objective: This study was conducted to compare craniofacial relationships,
position, and curvature of the cervical spine between children with cleft lip and
cleft palate who had been operated on and children without clefts.
Method: This study was performed in 28 children with mixed dentition. They
were divided into two groups. The study group included 14 children with unilateral operated cleft lip and cleft palate, ranging in age from 6 to 12 years,
who clinically presented with a short upper lip, abnormal lip seal, and inhibition
of sagittal development of the midface that was radiographically assessed. The
control group included 14 children without clefts, ranging in age from 8 to 11
years. All of them had normal lip seal, nasal breathing, and a clinically normal
body posture.
Design: A lateral craniocervical radiograph in a self-balanced natural head
position in an erect posture, and without using a head holder, was taken for
each child of both groups, with the mandible in maximum intercuspation and
lips in habitual posture. The true vertical was marked on all the films. Specific
angular and linear dimensions were used to assess the craniocervical relationships, as were the position of the cervical spine, its curvature, or both.
Results and Conclusions: The study group presented a significant increase
in the extension of the head on the neck, forward position of the cervical spine,
and a decrease in the curvature of the cervical spine in comparison with the
children without clefts. These results are more relevant considering that the
study group also presented higher significant values of lower facial height than
children without clefts.
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URI: https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/159044
DOI: 10.1597/1545-1569(2000)037<0281:CSBCWA>2.3.CO;2
ISSN: 10556656
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Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, Volumen 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 281-285.
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