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Crown-root ratio of permanent teeth in cleft lip and palate patients
Ghaida A Al-Jamal1, Abdalla M Hazza'a, Ma'amon A Rawashdeh
1Department of Oral Medicine & Oral Surgery, Jordan University of Science & Technology, Irbid, Jordan. ghaidaa@just.edu.jo
Objectives:
To determine root lengths of fully developed permanent teeth of cleft lip and palate (CLP) patients and to define their crown-root (C/R) ratios.
Method:
Crown height and root length of permanent teeth were measured from panoramic radiographs of 44 CLP patients and 37 controls. A total of 1397 teeth were measured, and C/R ratios were calculated.
Results:
Higher C/R ratios were found in CLP patients; this was statistically significant for both maxillary and mandibular incisors and canines. Bilateral CLP subjects showed higher C/R ratios in general than unilateral CLP subjects. Roots of maxillary incisors, canines, and some other teeth were significantly shorter in CLP patients than in controls.
Conclusions:
CLP patients should be considered to have unfavorable C/R ratios, which could be the result of short root lengths for some teeth.
