TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of cheiloplasty on maxillary dental arch development in infants with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate
AU - Huang, Chiung Shing
AU - Wang, Wein I.
AU - Jein-Wein Liou, Eric
AU - Chen, Yu Ray
AU - Kao-Ting Chen, Philip
AU - Noordhoff, M. Samuel
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - Objective: To identify and analyze quantitatively the development of the maxillary dental arch before and after cheiloplasty. Design: Prospective, longitudinal study of maxillary dental arch development at age of 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Setting: All patients were treated at a university hospital craniofacial center. Patients: Twenty-seven infants with nonsyndromic, unilateral complete cleft lip and palate. Intervention: Millard's rotation-advancement cheiloplasty was performed between the ages of 3 and 4 months. Results: The anterior portion of the nonclefted segment (I-G), anterior ridge length of the nonclefted segment (I-C), and anterior ridge length of the clefted segment (L-C′) continuously increased from 1 to 12 months of age. The anterior cleft width (G-L), anterior arch depth (I⊥LCC′), anterior basal angle (∠GC-CC′), and anterior arch curature angle (∠GIC) continuously decreased after the cheiloplasty. Conclusions: Cheiloplasty could mold the anterior portion of the maxillary dental arch palatally by exerting continuous pressure.
AB - Objective: To identify and analyze quantitatively the development of the maxillary dental arch before and after cheiloplasty. Design: Prospective, longitudinal study of maxillary dental arch development at age of 1, 3, 6, and 12 months. Setting: All patients were treated at a university hospital craniofacial center. Patients: Twenty-seven infants with nonsyndromic, unilateral complete cleft lip and palate. Intervention: Millard's rotation-advancement cheiloplasty was performed between the ages of 3 and 4 months. Results: The anterior portion of the nonclefted segment (I-G), anterior ridge length of the nonclefted segment (I-C), and anterior ridge length of the clefted segment (L-C′) continuously increased from 1 to 12 months of age. The anterior cleft width (G-L), anterior arch depth (I⊥LCC′), anterior basal angle (∠GC-CC′), and anterior arch curature angle (∠GIC) continuously decreased after the cheiloplasty. Conclusions: Cheiloplasty could mold the anterior portion of the maxillary dental arch palatally by exerting continuous pressure.
KW - Bone bending
KW - Cheiloplasty
KW - Lip molding
KW - Maxillary dental arch
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U2 - 10.1597/1545-1569(2002)039<0513:EOCOMD>2.0.CO;2
DO - 10.1597/1545-1569(2002)039<0513:EOCOMD>2.0.CO;2
M3 - Article
C2 - 12190339
AN - SCOPUS:0036708395
SN - 1055-6656
VL - 39
SP - 513
EP - 516
JO - Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
JF - Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal
IS - 5
ER -