What are Aberrations in Dentoalveolar Structure in the Vicinity of the Clefts?

Abstract

Of the 12 children (mean aged 6.5) with unilateral cleft lip and palate, we examined morphological features of alveolar process, aiming to determine the patterns and magnitudes of the aberrations in dentoalveolar structure in the vicinity of the clefts prior to surgical therapy for maxillary and alveolar clefts, by retrospectively comparing the differences in the morphology of the maxillary alveolar process between the cleft and non-cleft sides.