OBJECTIVE To review the cephalometric studies investigating the craniofacial morphology of the parents of children with cleft lip and/ or palate (CL(P)). METHODS A review of the literature has been conducted using MedLine sources dated 1970-2005. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal has been searched manually. The reference lists of all previous publications were consulted to identify any pu...

speech as nasal, as it is to say that a cold in the head makes one talk through one's nose. Both these later conditions prevent the nasal cavity being used as a resonator, and effectually obstruct the passage of air out through the nose for the sounds m, n, and ng. Cleft palate and hare lip is a condition caused by pre-natal failure of union of various parts which make up the lip, priemaxillary...

About 120 babies are born with cleft lip and palate in Finland each year. Most cases consist of isolated cleft palate (60%), while less than one in four cases suffer from complete cleft lip and palate. In Finland, clefts are closed before the child's first birthday. Clefts affect appearance, occlusion and speech, and the final outcome of treatment can only be assessed at the end of the child's ...

On the accuracy of prenatal 3D ultrasound of cleft hard palate when cleft lip is present Bäumler MA, Faure JM, Bigorre M, Bäumler-Patris C, Boulot P, Demattei C, Captier G. Ultrasound Obstet Gynaecol 2011 Jan 12 Epub. Of 79 cases with prenatal diagnosis of uni or bilateral cleft a correct diagnosis using axial 3D scanning was made in 77. All cases were verified at birth. The sensitivity of dete...

AIM The purpose of this study was to present and evaluate orthodontic rules and methods in the treatment of children and adolescents with complete cleft lip and palate. MATERIALS AND METHODS The material consists of about 5500 primary clefts treated at the Hospital and Clinic of Plastic Surgery in Polanica-Zdrój in the years 1976-2008. The most common surgical procedure (>99%) consisted of tw...

BACKGROUND The contribution of birth defects, including cleft lip and palate, to neonatal and infant mortality and morbidity is substantial. As other mortality and morbidity causes including infections, hygiene, prematurity, and nutrition are eradicated in less developed countries, the burden of birth defects will increase proportionally. METHODS/DESIGN We are using cleft lip and palate as a ...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cleft sidedness, and the number of congenitally missing teeth in regard to cleft type and gender. METHODS The charts, models, radiographs, and intraoral photographs of 201 cleft patients including 131 males with the mean age of 12.3 ± 4 years and 70 females with the mean age of 12.6 ± 3.9 years were used for the study. T te...

BACKGROUND The association between the risk of orofacial clefts in infants and the use of corticosteroids during pregnancy is unclear from the available evidence. We conducted a nationwide cohort study of all live births in Denmark over a 12-year period. METHODS We collected data on all live births in Denmark from Jan. 1, 1996, to Sept. 30, 2008. We included live births for which information ...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the application of mixed dentition analyses in cleft lip and palate patients differed from noncleft patients and to investigate which method provided the most accurate prediction in cleft lip and palate patients. METHODS Study casts of 30 cleft lip and palate patients and 30 noncleft patients were used in this study. Each patient ha...