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  • Title: Sagittal maxillary growth in patients with unoperated isolated cleft palate.
    Author: Chen ZQ, Qian YF, Wang GM, Shen G.
    Journal: Cleft Palate Craniofac J; 2009 Nov; 46(6):664-7. PubMed ID: 19860504.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To examine the sagittal maxillary growth during mixed and permanent dentition in patients with unoperated isolated cleft palate. PATIENTS: A total of 41 patients with nonsyndromic unoperated isolated cleft palate, 16 with mixed dentition and 25 with permanent dentition. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Cephalograms were analyzed to compare these patients with those with isolated cleft palate who had been repaired operatively as well with normal individuals. RESULTS: The unoperated patients in mixed dentition showed reduced anterior-posterior length of the maxilla. In adults with unoperated isolated cleft palate with permanent dentition, the measurements showed maxillary retrusion as well as reduction in the anterior-posterior maxillary length. CONCLUSION: Sagittal growth of the maxilla appears to be inhibited in patients with unoperated isolated cleft palate, which became more severe with age.
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