Abstract
There are many types of oral bacteria, and they differ between healthy children and children with an oral cleft. The purpose of this study was to compare the level of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli in complete cleft infants with normal infants. Fifty-two Iraqi infants had participated in this study (26 infants were with cleft and 26 infants were the control healthy group), the study group included 13 infants with class III Veau's palatal classification, and 13 with class IV Veau's palatal classification). All are aged from 1 day to 4 months. They were selected and submitted to a questionnaire and clinical examination and bacterial examination. Data description, analysis and presentation were performed using statistical package for social science (SPSS version 21). The counting and colonization of S. aureus and GV- ( E. coli ) were higher in cleft group than in control group.
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