Introduction: Children with cleft lip and/or palate are at increased risk of obstructive sleep apnea. The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea in this population is unknown. The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency of obstructive symptoms and obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis in the cleft population. We hypothesized that obstructive symptoms present more frequently in children wit...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Individuals with oral clefts exhibit considerably more dental anomalies than individuals without clefts. These problems could initially be among the symptoms of their disease and/or they may be the side effect of their treatments. Pushback palatoplasty could cause some interference during the development of teeth and result in tooth defects. PURPOSE The study was perf...

OBJECTIVES Cleft lip with or without cleft palate, is the most common serious congenital anomaly that affects the orofacial regions. The management and care of the cleft patient constitutes a substantial proportion of the workload of the Nigerian maxillofacial surgeon and allied specialties. Yet, there are no specific programmes targeted at this group. We believe that the findings of this study...

This study presents clinical outcomes of primary cleft palate surgery, including rate of oronasal fistula development, rate of velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) requiring secondary surgery, and speech outcomes. We examined the effect of cleft type on the clinical outcomes. Retrospective analysis was performed using clinical records of all patients who received a primary palatoplasty at the Cle...

INTRODUCTION From an epidemiological point of view, non-syndromic orofacial clefts are the most common oral congenital deformities worldwide. OBJECTIVE Family histories were traced and socioeconomic risk factors were identified for non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate. MATERIAL AND METHODS A case-control study was carried out with 208 cases of non-syndromic cleft lip with or...

Cleft lip and palate are among the most common craniofacial anomalies of the human species causing considerable morbidity to affected individuals. The etiology of isolated or non-syndromic cleft lip and palate is complex and heterogeneous, and its occurrence is associated with the interaction of different genetic and environmental factors. To explore the genetic and environmental factors involv...

Submucous cleft palate is a specialized subgroup of cleft pathologies, with a worldwide incidence of approximately 1 in 600 live births. Besides the classical triad of bifid uvula, muscle diastasis (zona pellucida) and a notch at the posterior hard palate (defined by Calnan), the anatomical presentation of submucous cleft palate may differ. Unlike overt cleft palate, because of the concealed an...

Cleft palate repair leaves full-thickness mucosal defects on the palate. Healing might be improved by implantation of a mucosal substitute. However, the genetic and phenotypic deviations of cleft palate cells may hamper tissue engineering. The aim of this study was to construct mucosal substitutes from cleft palate cells, and to compare these with substitutes from normal palatal cells, and with...

OBJECTIVE To assess dental age in children with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate and to compare this with a noncleft control group. DESIGN Two-group, mixed-longitudinal cohort study. SETTING Cleft group from an academic center for cleft lip and palate treatment. Noncleft control group from the same population. PATIENTS Participants included 70 Caucasian children with a full comp...

CONTEXT Cleft palate is the second most common birth defect and is considered as a challenge for pediatric plastic surgeons. There is still a general lack of a standard protocol and patients often require multiple surgical interventions during their lifetime along with disappointing results. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION PubMed search was undertaken using search terms including 'cleft palate repair', ...