RESUMEN
The study is based on evaluation of X-ray films of the head of 29 boys aged 5 years and 34 males aged about 20 years with complete unilateral cleft of the lip and palate. Deviations in the craniofacial morphology were assessed using the Jarabak's analysis. Most linear dimensions were smaller in both children and adult patients. The exception was the posterior part of the cranial base the length of which was the same as in controls. The anterior part of the cranial base and the mandibular body were significantly shortened only in 5-year-old individuals while the maxillary body was shortened only in adult patients. The anterior facial height was elongated in adult patients. The mandible showed a posterior rotation, the gonial angle was increased in its lower part. The maxilla and mandible were retrusive with impaired vertical--and in adults also sagittal--jaw relations. Both upper and lower incisors showed retroinclination. In 5-year-old patients an anterior crossbite developed, a trend to open bite was evident in adult patients. The upper lip was retrusive while the lower lip was protrusive. Jarabak's method is not sufficient for an accurate analysis of the soft profile in patients with clefts.
Asunto(s)
Cefalometría/métodos , Labio Leporino/patología , Fisura del Paladar/patología , Huesos Faciales/patología , Cráneo/patología , Adulto , Preescolar , Humanos , Incisivo/patología , Labio/patología , Masculino , Maloclusión/patología , Mandíbula/patología , Maxilar/patología , Desarrollo Maxilofacial , Retrognatismo/patología , Rotación , Base del Cráneo/patología , Dimensión VerticalRESUMEN
The study is based on an anthropometric assessment of X-ray films obtained in two series of males with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. The first series was examined at the age of 5, 10 and 15 years, the second series at 15 and 20 years. The films were assessed with Jarabak's analysis. The aim of our study was to compare the amount of growth and character of developmental changes in the prepubertal, pubertal and postpubertal period of life. The highest growth rate of skeletal structures was present in the prepubertal period, it was somewhat slighter in the pubertal period and it still continued in the postpubertal period. The high growth rate in the prepubertal period was probably related to the eruption of permanent teeth. In spite of a marked deterioration of sagittal jaw relations during the prepubertal period an improvement of an overjet was attained. However during the puberty and the postpubertal period a further improvement was not recorded. The results are in agreement with facial type of growth characterized by a slight pubertal spurt.