Dental Maturity in Children with a Complete Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate

2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiki L.W.M. Heidbüchel ◽  
Anne M. Kuijpers-Jagtman ◽  
Ricardo Ophof ◽  
Rian J.M. Van Hooft

Objective: Dental age in children with a bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) was assessed and compared with children without cleft. Design: Dental age was estimated for 74 children with a complete BCLP (54 boys and 20 girls) from 364 orthopantomograms. Nonlinear regression curves were made between 5 and 14 years of age for boys and girls separately. A comparison was made with a sample of Dutch children (91 girls and 90 boys) without oral clefts for three different age groups, namely 5, 9.5, and 14 years of age. Setting: Data collection was carried out at the Cleft Palate Center, University Medical Center Nijmegen (The Netherlands). A sample from the Nijmegen Growth Study was used as a normative sample. Results: At 5 years of age, boys with a BCLP were significantly delayed in dental age compared to boys without cleft. After that age, no significant differences in dental age were found. For girls with a BCLP, no difference in dental age with the girls without cleft could be found. Conclusion: Dental age in BCLP showed a tendency to be delayed at 5 years of age. At the ages of 9.5 and 14 years of age, no differences were found. Further investigation on the development of individual teeth is suggested to gain more insight into the origin of this delay.

2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 282-287
Author(s):  
Shinji Kobayashi ◽  
Kazunori Yasumura ◽  
Takashi Hirakawa ◽  
Toshihiko Fukawa ◽  
Jiro Maegawa

Objective: To analyze congenital lateral maxillary growth for patients with bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP). Design: A retrospective study. Setting: Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center. Materials: Images from computed tomography (CT) of patients with BCLP and control patients that were previously used for treatment. Main Outcome Measures: The following landmarks were used: A, the posterior most point of the piriform aperture; B, the superior most point of the acoustic meatus; C, the point at which line A-B intersects the line drawn perpendicular from line A-B to the maxillary tuberosity; and D, the apical most point of the nasal bone. The following distances were then measured using these landmarks: (1) A-B distance; (2) A-C distance; (3) A-C/A-B; (4) the angle between lines A-B and A-D (∠BAD); and (5) B-D distance. Result: Mean A-B and A-C distances and A-C/A-B were significantly smaller in the BCLP group than in the control group ( P < .01 each). Mean ∠BAD was significantly larger in the BCLP group than in the control group ( P < .01). Mean B-D distance did not differ significantly between groups. Conclusions: Our results indicated that the lateral maxillary segments of patients with BCLP were more posterior than those of the control group, and segment length was shorter compared to the control group on 3D-CT analysis. The lateral maxillary segments of patients with BCLP were basically suggested to originally be underdeveloped.


2006 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 612-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rinske W. F. Huyskens ◽  
Christos Katsaros ◽  
Martin A. Van't Hof ◽  
Anne M. Kuijpers-Jagtman

Objective: To assess dental age in children with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate and to compare this with a noncleft control group. Design: Two-group, mixed-longitudinal cohort study. Setting: Cleft group from an academic center for cleft lip and palate treatment. Noncleft control group from the same population. Patients: Participants included 70 Caucasian children with a full complement of teeth and a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (45 boys and 25 girls) from the Cleft Palate Craniofacial Center at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The control group (90 boys and 91 girls) was taken from the Nijmegen Growth Study. Main outcome measure: Dental age was assessed on orthopantomograms. In the unilateral cleft lip and palate group, linear interpolation in individual age curves was applied to obtain the dental age at 5, 9.5, and 14 years of age. For these ages, a comparison was made with the noncleft control group. Results: Boys and girls with a unilateral cleft lip and palate showed a significant delay in dental age, as compared with their noncleft peers at all three ages. This delay was more pronounced in boys than in girls. The gender effect was significant at chronological ages 5 and 14 years. Conclusions: Children with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate have a delay in dental age, compared with noncleft children.


2002 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 509-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiki L. W. M. Heidbüchel ◽  
Anne M. Kuijpers-Jagtman ◽  
Ricardo Ophof ◽  
Rian J. M. van Hooft

2021 ◽  
pp. 105566562098280
Author(s):  
Robin A. Tan ◽  
Frans J. Mulder ◽  
Roderic M. F. Schwirtz ◽  
David G. M. Mosmuller ◽  
Henrica C. W. De Vet ◽  
...  

Objective: To gain more insight into the assessment of “atypical” nasal and lip appearance outcomes compared to “typical” appearance outcomes after unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) repair, when judged by professionals, patients with repaired UCLP, and laypeople. Design: An online survey containing 3 series of photographs with various degrees of “typical” and “atypical” nasal and lip appearance outcomes after UCLP repair was sent to 30 professionals, 30 patients with repaired UCLP, and 50 laypeople in 2 countries. Participants were instructed to rank the photographs from excellent to poor based on overall appearance. Mean rank positions of photographs were analyzed and differences in mean rank score between “typical” and “atypical” results were assessed using a T-test. Agreement of ranking between the 3 groups was assessed with an analysis of variance analysis. Setting: Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Netherlands and Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA. Patients: Photographs of 6- to 18-year-old patients with repaired UCLP. Results: “Atypical” appearance outcomes were ranked significantly less favorably (small nostril: P = 0.00; low vermillion border: P = 0.02; whistling deformity: P = 0.00) compared to “typical” outcomes. Difference between professionals, patients and laypeople in rank positioning the photographs was not statistically significant ( P = 0.89). Conclusions: Noses with a smaller nostril and lips containing a whistling deformity were perceived as poorer outcome compared to the “typical” results. Professionals, patients, and laypeople are in agreement when assessing these outcomes.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Klintö ◽  
Maria Sporre ◽  
Magnus Becker

Abstract Background When evaluating speech in children with cleft palate with or without cleft lip (CP/L), children with known syndromes and/or additional malformations (CP/L+) are usually excluded. The aim of this study was to present speech outcome of a consecutive series of 5-year-olds born with CP/L, and to compare speech results of children with CP/L + and children with CP/L without known syndromes and/or additional malformations (CP/L-). Methods One hundred 5-year-olds (20 with CP/L+; 80 with CP/L-) participated. All children were treated with primary palatal surgery in one stage with the same procedure for muscle reconstruction. Three independent judges performed phonetic transcriptions and rated perceived velopharyngeal competence from audio recordings. Based on phonetic transcriptions, percent consonants correct (PCC) and percent non-oral errors were investigated. Group comparisons were performed. Results In the total group, mean PCC was 88.2 and mean percent non-oral errors 1.5. The group with bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP) had poorer results on both measures compared to groups with other cleft types. The average results of PCC and percent non-oral errors in the CP/L + group indicated somewhat poorer speech, but no significant differences were observed. In the CP/L + group, 25 % were judged as having incompetent velopharyngeal competence, compared to 15 % in the CP/L- group. Conclusions The results indicated relatively good speech compared to speech of children with CP/L in previous studies. Speech was poorer in many children with more extensive clefts. No significant differences in speech outcomes were observed between CP/L + and CP/L- groups.


2004 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-Fang Liao ◽  
Chiung-Shing Huang ◽  
Ya-Yu Tsai ◽  
M. Samuel Noordhoff

Objective To evaluate the possible association between the size of the premaxilla in infants and craniofacial morphology in children with complete bilateral cleft lip and palate (CBCLP) and identify the characteristics of craniofacial morphology in children with CBCLP with median facial dysplasia (MFD). Design Retrospective study. Setting A university hospital craniofacial center. Subjects Thirty-four patients with nonsyndromic CBCLP, 24 boys and 10 girls, had large premaxilla (LP group). Thirty-six patients with nonsyndromic CBCLP, 16 boys and 20 girls, had small premaxilla (SP group). Thirteen CBCLP patients with MFD, five boys and eight girls (MFD group). Main Outcome Measures Infant maxillary dental cast at the age of 1 year was used to measure the size of the premaxilla. Cephalometric analysis was used to determine craniofacial morphology in children at the age of 5 years. Results The size of the premaxilla in infants with CBCLP varied greatly. The LP group tended to have a longer maxilla and a more protruded maxilla, producing a better interjaw relation. The opposite phenomena were observed in the MFD group; the SP group yielded results between those of the LP and the MFD groups. Conclusion The size of the premaxilla in infants with CBCLP can be used to predetermine subsequent craniofacial morphology at the age of 5 years. Children with nonsyndromic CBCLP had craniofacial characteristics that differed significantly from those of children with CBCLP with median facial dysplasia.


1992 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janusz Bardach ◽  
Hughlett L. Morris ◽  
William H. Olin ◽  
Steven D. Gray ◽  
David L. Jones ◽  
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