Vitamins are essential for the proper functioning of body, and Folic Acid, also known as Vitamin B9, has many benefits body. Acid contributes to normal development fetus, preventing risk fetal birth defects, mainly represented by neural tube defects orofacial clefts. At same time, deficiency can cause serious health problems. That is why it necessary know roles in symptoms deficiency, but what ...

introduction: orofacial clefts are among the most common congenital anomalies. patients presenting with orofacial clefts often require surgery or other complex procedures. a cleft lip or palate can be a single anomaly or a part of multiple congenital anomalies. the reported prevalence of cleft disease and associated anomalies varies widely across the literature, and is dependent on the diagnost...

background: several studies have examined the effects of folic acid fortification on the occurrence of orofacial clefts. this study was carried out to evaluate the impact of flour fortification with folic acid on oral clefts in northern iran.   methods : in this hospital based study from march 2006 to september 2009, we screened the total number of live births at all hospitals in golestan provi...

Cleft lip and palate is the most common asymmetric congenital condition of orofacial region, which also finds its reflection in dental anomalies. The aim study was to present asymmetries front region maxilla cleft patients. Materials Methods: We analyzed plaster casts panoramic X-rays 154 patients with total clefts 151 healthy individuals. patients’ age ranged between 7.1 20 years (mean 13.18)....

BACKGROUND It has been reported that people born with orofacial clefts do worse in life than their peers regarding a range of social markers, such as academic achievement and reproduction. We have compared otherwise healthy individuals with and without clefts, to investigate if these differences are due to the cleft or other background factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a retrospective nationa...