introduction : surgical repair of cleft palate with a bony bridge may offer some distinct advantages including a lower rate of fistula formation. the goal of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of surgically inducing cleft palate and reconstruction of the cleft with the use of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (bmp-2) in sheep. materials and methods : in the control group (two sheep), the cle...

Objectives: One of the factors predicting language impairments is an early limited lexicon in children. An early limited lexicon can also lead to limited performances in other language areas. This study was aimed to examine receptive and expressive vocabulary in 8-16 month-old children with cleft lip and palate as a predictor of development in other language areas. Materials: The MacArthur-Bat...

orofacial clefts, including cleft lip with or without cleft palate (cl (p)), are common congenital malformations, second only to clubfoot in frequency of occurrence. the epidemiology and genetics of this disorder have been studied extensively in various countries by several investigators. the objective of this study is to assess the epidemiology and some genetic aspects of orofacial clefting at...

Objective: To identify the morphological varieties of the soft palate on a digital lateral cephalogram in the median sagittal plane which is presented variously in normal individuals with age and gender and also to assess if there exists any morphological variations in the soft palate among cleft palate and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) groups. Materials and methods: A total of 120 normal subje...

cleft lip and cleft palate are one of the most frequent congenital anomalies worldwide. this study was conducted in order to measure the frequency of cleft lip and palate among live births in akbar abadi hospital. this is a descriptive study, dealing with 57526 cases of live birth out of 59477 medical files in akbar abadi hospital from 2004 to 2008. all the collected data were recorded in speci...

Introduction Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CLP) is a congenital malformation that causes significant morbidity in low and middle income countries. Amref Health Africa has partnered with Smile Train to provide CLP surgeries since 2006. Methods We analyzed anonymized data of 37,274 CLP patients from the Smile Train database operated on in eastern and central Africa between 2006 and 20...

BACKGROUND The goals of successful palate repair include optimization of speech and feeding, avoidance of fistula formation, and mitigation of adverse maxillary growth. However, the effects of scar formation on maxillary growth have not been discussed in detail. METHODS Between November 2010 and December 2011, the palateplasty was performed for 24 patients with cleft palate (median age, 12 mo...

Snodgrass et al (1966) divided the D trisomy syndrome into two phenotypic categories based on facial appearance. Patients in their first category had facies associated with defects of prosencephalic cleavage. A striking finding was median cleft lip and palate. In addition there was orbital hypotelorism with severe ocular anomalies, hypoplasia or aplasia of the crista galli, of the median philtr...

Teratomas are benign tumours that commonly seen in the sacrococcygeal region and ovaries. It consists of cells from layers ectoderm, endoderm mesoderm. Localised teratomas head neck rare origin. can be size a small polyp or it may grow as an extension to skull base. This case report highlights presence congenital teratoma palatine child. The processes median nasal septum have failed fuse, thus ...

BackgroundCleft lip and cleft palate (also, known as or facial clefts), are amongst the most common congenital deformities affecting the jaw and face as well as the most common defects associated with lip and palate. Thus, the current study was an attempt to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of or facial clefts in Iranian children.Materials and Methods:The present study, was conducted...