This prospective cross-sectional, case-controlled morphometric study assessed three dimensional (3D) facial morphological differences between average faces of 103 children aged 8-12 years; 40 with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP), 23 with unilateral cleft lip and alveolus (UCLA), 19 with bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP), 21 with isolated cleft palate (ICP), and 80 gender and age-matc...

This study aimed at investigating the current distribution of the several types of clefts among the patients receiving treatment at the Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRAC-USP), Bauru, Brazil, for the first time during the year 2000. A total of 803 unoperated patients with cleft lip and/or palate, with or without additional malformations, with no recognizable syndromes, ...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the relative risk of recurrence of oral cleft in first degree relatives in relation to cleft morphology. DESIGN Population based cohort study. SETTING Data from the medical birth registry of Norway linked with clinical data on virtually all cleft patients treated in Norway over a 35 year period. PARTICIPANTS 2.1 million children born in Norway between 1967 and 2001, ...

BACKGROUND Orofacial clefts occur when the lips or the roof of the mouth do not fuse properly during the early weeks of pregnancy. There is strong evidence that periconceptional use of folic acid can prevent neural tube defects but its effect on oral clefts has generated debate. AIM To identify factors associated with suboptimal periconceptional use of folic acid and its potential effect on ...

Children born with palatal clefts are at risk for speech/language delay and speech problems related to palatal insufficiency. These individuals require regular speech evaluations, starting in the first year of life and often continuing into adulthood. The primary role of the speech pathologist on the cleft palate/craniofacial team is to evaluate whether deviations in oral cavity structures, suc...

A pesquisa sobre fissuras orais tem crescido visivelmente nas últimas duas décadas, numa tentativa de abranger os vários aspectos das fissuras orais, incluindo etiologia, epidemiologia, prevenção, tratamentos, serviços de saúde e resultados de saúde e socioeconômicos de pacientes e famílias. Os pesquisadores de múltiplos campos disciplinares têm juntado esforços para investigar essas áreas comp...

Introduction: To study sentence comprehension in Persian-speaking Patients with Aphasia considering the factors of complexity. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the performance of 6 non-fluent aphasic patients were tested and their performance was compared to 15 matched control group. Comprehension of semantically reversible sentences was assessed using a binary sentence-picture matching...