Korean J Orthod.  1984 Mar;14(1):115-125.

A study on the maxillary dental arch and palate of unilateral cleft lip and palate individuals

• Son WS
• Yang WS

Abstract

A comparative stydy was undertaken to investigate the collapse of maxillary dental arch and palate in unilateral cleft lip and palate indivduals. The material for this study consisted of 39 subjects with repaired unilateral cleft lip and palate (30 males, 9 females). The measurements of unilateral cleft lip and palate individuals were compared with the measurements of normal indiviuals (30 males, 30 females). All the subjects were in the mixed dentition stage and the mean age was almost the same. The following conclusions were obtained. 1. A large number of the maxillary dental arch of the unilateral cleft lip and palate individuals showed omega-shape, and the arch sighificant difference between cleft group and group, but the intercanine width was mcuh smaller than that of normal individuals. 2. The palate of the unilateral cleft lip and palate subjects showed shorter and shallower form than that of normal subjects. 3. The palate area of the unilateral cleft lip and palate subjects was smaller than that of normal subjects, and the cleft side area was much smaller than the opposing side area. 4. There was no significant sexual difference in measurements of maxillary dental arch and palate of the unilateral cleft lip and palate subjects.

MeSH Terms

Cleft Lip*
Dental Arch*
Dentition, Mixed
Humans
Male
Palate*