Abstract
Three-dimensional dental arch evaluation of children with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate
Highlights
The individuals with cleft lip and palate show a set of anatomical and functional alterations that compromised the esthetics, speech and tooth positioning
Statistically significant differences at the different treatment periods were found for intercanine (p=0.005) and intertuberosity distances (p=0.022)
Based on the results obtained for the studied sample and according to the methodology employed, it can be concluded that lip surgery had a restrictive shaping effect on the anterior portion of the dental arch of children with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate
Summary
The individuals with cleft lip and palate show a set of anatomical and functional alterations that compromised the esthetics, speech and tooth positioning. Depending on the cleft type and extension, many other functional and morphological impairments related to the speech, hearing, occlusion development and craniofacial growth occur and demand the intervention of multidisciplinary team at proper time aiming to the comprehensive rehabilitation of the individual [2,3,4,5]. As the same time as the primary surgeries restore the esthetics and function, they cause significant restrictions on the maxillary growth of the child, mainly in complete clefts involving the lip, alveolus and palate. Notwithstanding, few studies with small sample sizes and few cleft types have evaluated cleft lip and palate children at early ages
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