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Published on: September 19, 2015
Sagittal maxillary growth in patients with unoperated isolated cleft palate
Zhen-Qi Chen1, Yu-Fen Qian, Guo-Min Wang
1Department of Orthodontics, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai JiaoTong University, Shanghi 200011, China. Chen_zhengqi@yahoo.com
Objective:
To examine the sagittal maxillary growth during mixed and permanent dentition in patients with unoperated isolated cleft palate.
Patients:
A total of 41 patients with nonsyndromic unoperated isolated cleft palate, 16 with mixed dentition and 25 with permanent dentition.
Main Outcome Measures:
Cephalograms were analyzed to compare these patients with those with isolated cleft palate who had been repaired operatively as well with normal individuals.
Results:
The unoperated patients in mixed dentition showed reduced anterior-posterior length of the maxilla. In adults with unoperated isolated cleft palate with permanent dentition, the measurements showed maxillary retrusion as well as reduction in the anterior-posterior maxillary length.
Conclusion:
Sagittal growth of the maxilla appears to be inhibited in patients with unoperated isolated cleft palate, which became more severe with age.
