Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Study Model Analysis: Clefts of the Secondary Palate

1993 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew McCance ◽  
David Roberts-Harry ◽  
Martyn Sherriff ◽  
Michael Mars ◽  
William J. B. Houston
1993 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Mccance ◽  
David Roberts-Harry ◽  
Martyn Sherriff ◽  
Michael Mars ◽  
William J.B. Houston

The study models of a group of adult Sri Lankan patients with clefts of the secondary palate were investigated. Tooth-size and arch-dimension comparisons were made with a comparable control group. Significant differences were found between the cleft and control groups in tooth sizes, chord lengths, and arch widths. The cleft group dimensions were generally smaller than those of the control group. Overjets were larger in the cleft group.


2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 86-91
Author(s):  
Chai Siew Cheng ◽  
SKL Jimeno ◽  
R Sasidaran ◽  
A Sergius

Objective: To identify number of cases and the type of cleft lip and/or palate managed in government tertiary center (Queen Elizabeth Hospital) in Kota Kinabalu; and to analyze the associative factors of cleft lip and/or palate. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional study carried out in Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah from January 2011 to December 2012. Data from 162 new cases, which were referred for cleft lip and/or palate, were included in the study. Result: Cleft lip and palate was the most common type. While cleft lip with or without palate had higher preponderance towards male patients, secondary palate however was more common among female patients. These results were statistically significant. Conclusion: Further and larger scale study need to be carried out to identify the incidence of cleft lip and/or palate in Sabah, and its associated genetic and environmental risk factors. Early identification and intervention for cleft lip and palate need to be emphasized. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ajms.v4i3.8170   Asian Journal of Medical Sciences 4(2013) 86-91


2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 547-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Fang Liao ◽  
Timothy J. Cole ◽  
Michael Mars

Objective: To investigate whether timing of hard palate repair had a significant effect on facial growth in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). Design: Retrospective longitudinal study. Setting: Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project. Patients: A total of 104 patients with nonsyndromic UCLP who had hard palate repair by age 13 years, with their 290 cephalometric radiographs taken after lip and palate repair. Main Outcome Measures: Clinical notes were used to record surgical treatment histories. Cephalometry was used to determine facial morphology and growth rate. Results: Timing of hard palate repair had a significant effect on the length and protrusion of the alveolar maxilla (PMP-A and SNA, respectively) and the anteroposterior alveolar jaw relation (ANB) at age 20 years but not on their growth rates. Conclusion: Timing of hard palate repair significantly affects the growth of the maxilla in patients with UCLP. Late hard palate repair has a smaller adverse effect than does early hard palate repair on the growth of the maxilla. This timing effect primarily affects the anteroposterior development of the maxillary dentoalveolus and is attributed to the development being undisturbed before closure of the hard palate.


2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 202-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jyotsna Murthy ◽  
Krishna G. Seshadri ◽  
Padmasani Venkat Ramanan ◽  
Arvind Rajamani ◽  
Altaf Hussain

Objective We report an unusual association of complete cleft of the primary and secondary palate with Seckel syndrome. Seckel syndrome is a very rare syndrome, with only 60 reported cases in the medical literature. It is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by birdlike face, intrauterine growth retardation, dwarfism, and microcephaly. This young child of 5 years had a successful cleft lip repair under general anesthesia. The main features of the syndrome and the technical problems of anesthesia and surgery are discussed.


2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 693-699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julija Radojicic ◽  
Tatjana Tanic ◽  
Nebojsa Jovic ◽  
Tatjana Cutovic ◽  
Konstantinos Papadopoulos

Introduction. Cleft lips and palates are the most common congenital orofacial anomaly. This type of clefts is the most severe from the orthodontic-surgical therapy aspect. Case report. A female newborn with a complete cleft of the primary and the secondary palate was admitted to the clinic, where a multiple-role orthodontic device was specially designed and applied to primarily manage the closure of the existing cleft and help to improve the suckling ability of the baby. Besides the fact that it allows breastfeeding, it has a significant orthodontic effect, too. Conclusion. Specificity of this device is the lack of extraoral fixation. What can easily be observed is a progressive reduction of the cleft between the separated segments and the premaxilla retrusion. It, thus, allows the creation of much better conditions for further surgical management of the said defect.


2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siun M. Murphy ◽  
Suzanne Rea ◽  
Eleanor McGovern ◽  
Paddy Fleming ◽  
David Orr

Objective A 1-day-old baby girl with a cleft of the secondary palate and a soft tissue band connecting the upper and lower jaws and preventing mouth opening was referred to the cleft lip and palate team by her pediatrician. This case represents a further example of an interesting but rare anomaly known as congenital alveolar synechia syndrome that requires early management to allow normal feeding and oral development.


1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sally J. Peterson-Falzone

Speech results were surveyed in 110 adolescent patients with clefts: 53 with unilateral cleft lip and palate, 46 with bilateral cleft lip and palate, and 11 with isolated clefts of the secondary palate. Only 12 of the 110 teenagers had received consistent team care from infancy. The early physical management was impossible to reliably determine in the remaining 98. Speech was normal in 22.7%, characterized by a variety of problems in approximately 66%, and a complete habilitative failure in 10.9%. Cleft palate and craniofacial teams who first encounter incompletely managed cases in the teenage years are faced with complex and interrelated challenges of providing appropriate physical management, speech habilitation, and psychosocial support, including determination of that approach which will be most likely to assure future compliance with treatment recommendations to each child and family.


1988 ◽  
Vol 81 (12) ◽  
pp. 705-709 ◽  
Author(s):  
S P Lambadusuriya ◽  
M Mars ◽  
C M Ward

By means of a surgical expedition involving an independently financed team of surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, orthodontists and speech therapists, 195 patients in Sri Lanka with cleft lip and palate were treated over a period of 4 weeks while over 300 patients were examined in detail to assess faciomaxillary growth, components of speech and the psychosocial impact of the untreated deformity in childhood and adult life. Lip surgery proved to be simple and safe but in certain older patients palatal closure was complicated by wide palatal shelf displacement, mucosal fibrosis and heavy bleeding. This is a preliminary report and much data has yet to be analysed but there is little doubt that impaired facial growth following palatal repair is predominantly an iatrogenic deformity.


1998 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 359-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.H. Arnold ◽  
T. Rezwani ◽  
I. Baric

Objective The purpose of this study was to establish the location and distribution of epithelial pearls and tooth buds in cleft palate fetuses, relative to the time of palate fusion. Design The facial skeletal structures, dental laminae, tooth buds, and epithelial pearls were examined in seven spontaneously aborted human fetuses, of which five had unilateral or bilateral cleft lip and palate or cleft palate. The sectioned fetuses were reconstructed by 3D-computer technology. Results Epithelial pearls were found in four of the investigated cases, of which one was a control specimen. They were located at the margins of the palatal shelves. In the cleft lip and palate cases, the cleft was found in the premaxilla between the first and second incisor tooth. The premaxilla was found to be hypoplastic in both bilateral cleft lip and palate cases and was totally absent in the unilateral cleft lip and palate case. The maxilla was hypoplastic in one case with unilateral cleft lip and palate. In all other specimens, it was developed symmetrically. Conclusions The results indicate that cleft lip and palate development may occur after the fusion of the frontonasal prominence with the maxillary prominence and the palatal shelves, as well as a nonfusion of the palatal shelves in the secondary palate.


2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 465-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Liu ◽  
Ming-Liang Yang ◽  
Zeng-Jian Li ◽  
Xiao-Feng Bai ◽  
Xu-Kai Wang ◽  
...  

Objective: Numerous methods have been developed for recording cleft lip and palate deformities, but none has been universally accepted due to limitations, inadequate description of the cleft deformities, and varying complexity. Design: The classification system introduced in this article is designed to describe detailed information of the cleft deformities with five-digit codes. The anatomic description of the cleft components is denoted with five Arabic numerals in order of right lip, right alveolus and primary palate, secondary palate, left alveolus and primary palate, and left lip. The extent of the cleft deformities is recorded using the numerals 0 to 4 (i.e., from intact to complete). Setting: Department of Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Stomatology, China Medical University. Results: This new classification system allows a numerical description of any kind of complete cleft, incomplete cleft, asymmetry, and complex clefts with an intervening intact segment (all simulated cases). Conclusions: The simplicity and precision of this five-digit classification system make it easy to understand, and it can be used for computerized data analysis.


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