INTRODUCTION Labial and nasal deformities have always been a fundamental problem in the treatment of cleft lip, alveolus and palate patients. The primary surgical treatment of nasolabial area is of paramount importance in order to obtain both an esthetical correction of the deformity and a progressive and a balanced development of mid-face. In this study the nasal deformities in patients with c...

AIM To examine the prevalence of different types of dental anomalies in children with nonsyndromic cleft lip, unilateral cleft lip-palate, and bilateral cleft lip-palate. MATERIALS AND METHODS A sample of 90 patients (aged 4-20 years) affected by isolated cleft lip, unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate was examined. Cleft patients were classified into one of three groups according to...

The unilateral cleft lip is a complex deformity. Surgical correction has evolved from a straight repair through triangular and quadrilateral repairs to the Rotation Advancement Technique of Millard. The latter is the technique followed at our centre for all unilateral cleft lip patients. We operate on these at five to six months of age, do not use pre-surgical orthodontics, and follow a protoco...

BACKGROUND Macrostomia as a rare facial deformity is classified among facial clefts. It originates from failure in union of maxillary and mandibular prominences of first brachial arch during 7(th) embryonic week. CASE PRESENTATION We report a case of bilateral macrostomia (bilateral lip cleft) in a female newborn as a sole entity without other skeletal and facial deformities. The cleft was re...

OBJECTIVE Children with a cleft of the upper lip exhibit obvious facial disfigurement. Many require multiple lip surgeries for an optimal esthetic result. However, because the decision for lip revision is based on subjective clinical criteria, clinicians may disagree on whether these surgeries should be performed. To establish more reliable, functionally relevant outcome criteria for evaluation...

cleft hand deformity is a rare congenital anomaly of the hand with an incidence rate about 1/90,000. it has two clinical types typical and atypical. in this paper we are representing ten cases of this anomaly admitted during seven years from 1992 in emam khomeini hospital. some of the patients especially those with typical cleft hand deformity achieved good functional results after surgical cor...

Background and aim: Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common orofacial abnormalities. Patients with these deformities commonly present with midface deficiency and need challenging treatment modalities that focus on improving the position of the maxilla. Tongue plate appliance is an intraoral device that has shown promising results in the treatment of growing patients with maxillary ...

orofacial clefts, including cleft lip with or without cleft palate (cl (p)), are common congenital malformations, second only to clubfoot in frequency of occurrence. the epidemiology and genetics of this disorder have been studied extensively in various countries by several investigators. the objective of this study is to assess the epidemiology and some genetic aspects of orofacial clefting at...