Craniofacial Computerized Tomography Analysis of the midface of patients with repaired complete unilateral cleft lip and palate

• Published in: American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics Vol. 134; no. 3; pp. 418 - 429
• Main Authors: Suri, Sunjay, Utreja, Ashok, Khandelwal, Niranjan, Mago, Sushil K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.09.2008; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Alveolar Process - diagnostic imaging; Biological and medical sciences; Cephalometry; Child; Cleft Lip - complications; Cleft Lip - surgery; Cleft Palate - complications; Cleft Palate - surgery; Dental Arch - diagnostic imaging; Dentistry; Facial Asymmetry - diagnostic imaging; Facial Asymmetry - etiology; Facial Bones - diagnostic imaging; Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology; Female; Humans; Male; Maxilla - diagnostic imaging; Medical sciences; Nasal Bone - diagnostic imaging; Non tumoral diseases; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Skull Base - diagnostic imaging; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Human; Cleft palate; Cleft lip; Radiodiagnosis; Stomatology; Congenital cleft; Dentistry; Congenital disease; Orthodontic procedures; Malformation; Unilateral; Medical imagery; Oral cavity disease; Craniofacial; Computerized axial tomography; Repair
• ISSN: 0889-5406; 1097-6752; 1097-6752
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2006.09.065

Introduction: Computerized tomography (CT) makes regional anatomy available as a series of cross-sectional axial images that can be analyzed unobstructed by other anatomic features. In this study, we aimed to analyze the maxillary dentoalveolar and deeper structures in patients with surgically repai...