Cephalometric Soft Tissue Characteristics of Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patients in Relation to Missing Teeth.

Khalid A AlmoammarHala A AlmarhoonWaeil BatwaNasser AlqahtaniThikriat Al-JewairSahar Albarakati

Published in: BioMed research international (2017)

In subjects with a UCCLP anomaly, missing teeth have an effect on lower lip position and length, which influenced the mentolabial sulcus. Lower lip position and length differ between cleft patients who present with either multiple missing teeth or with no missing teeth, and this needs to be considered during orthodontic treatment planning and surgical management for the cleft defect.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
soft tissue
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
cone beam computed tomography
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
patient reported outcomes