Post-surgical effects on the maxillary segments of children with oral clefts: New three-dimensional anthropometric analysis

This study aimed to use new three-dimensional (3D) anthropometric analyses to verify the post-surgical effects on the maxillary segments of children with unilateral cleft lip and palate. The sample was composed by digitized dental models of 60 children with unilateral complete cleft lip and alveolus (UCLA) and complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). The impressions were taken before cheiloplasty (T1), after cheiloplasty (T2), and after palatoplasty (T3). The 3D anthropometric analyses of digitized dental casts were obtained through a specific software.

Source: Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery - July 2, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Elo á Cristina Passucci Ambrosio, Chiarella Sforza, Márcio De Menezes, Cleide Felício Carvalho Carrara, Maria Aparecida Andrade Moreira Machado, Thais Marchini Oliveira Source Type: research