Abnormal maxillary trapezoid pattern in human fetal cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate abnormal growth patterns of human fetal maxillae with cleft lip and palate (CLP). SUBJECT: A total of 71 fetal maxillae with CLP were obtained from aborted human fetuses. METHOD: Dimensions of the maxillary trapezoid (MT), formed by the maxillary primary growth centers (MxPGC), were taken from radiographic images. The CLP dimensions were compared with maxillary trapezoid dimensions of normal fetuses from a previous study (Lee et al., 1992). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Cleft lip subjects without a cleft palate, unilateral cleft lip-alveolar cleft or cleft palate (UCL+A/UCLP), and bilateral cleft lip-alveolar cleft or cleft palate (BCL+A/BCLP) displayed abnormal MT patterns. MT abnormalities were most marked in the BCL+A/BCLP cohort. RESULTS: The MT growth of prenatal CLP maxillae was severely arrested, resulting in abnormal MT shape on palatal radiograms. BCL+A/BCLP subjects had a more protruded nasal septum than subjects with other types of CLPs, while UCL+A/UCLP subjects showed severe deviation of the protruded nasal septum toward the noncleft side. Cleft lip-only subjects also exhibited abnormal MT growth. CONCLUSION: MT is primarily involved in CLPs, so that the MT shape could be utilized as a sensitive indicator for the analysis of maxillary malformation in different types of CLPs.     

替牙期单侧完全性唇腭裂患者鼻上颌复合体对称性的锥形束CT研究

目的 探讨替牙期单侧完全性唇腭裂（unilateral complete cleft lip and palate, UCLP）患者鼻上颌复合体在三维方向上的对称性。方法 选择20例替牙期UCLP患者颅面部锥形束CT（CBCT）图像,运用Mimics 图像分析软件对骨组织进行三维重建,描记鼻根点及鼻上颌复合体健、患侧32个同名标记点,建立三维参考平面、分别测量32个点到三维平面的距离。采用SPSS 22.0 软件包对数据进行统计学分析。结果 在水平方向上,与非裂隙侧相比,裂隙侧点INM 、SPC处上颌骨的宽度小,点LPA、SPr处上颌骨宽度大,差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05)。在矢状方向上,与非裂隙侧相比,裂隙侧点LPA、Maz、SPr处深度大,点SPM、SPC处深度小,差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05)。在垂直方向上,裂隙侧点LPA、INM、Maz低于非裂隙侧,点SPC、SPr高于非裂隙侧,差异具有统计学意义（P<0.05)。其余各点均无统计学差异（P>0.05)。结论 替牙期UCLP患者鼻上颌复合体在三维方向上均不对称,不对称部位集中在鼻腔和牙槽骨处。眶部及远离裂隙的上颌骨区域未发现明显不对称。     

Asymmetry of the maxilla in children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate

Craniofacial asymmetry was analyzed in 31 children with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) and compared to a group of 24 children with incomplete clefts of the lip (CL). Symmetry was evaluated from 32 variables on posteroanterior cephalometric radiographs. Two types of asymmetry were identified: In the first, there was a positional deviation and a change of arch shape of the maxillary segment on the cleft side. The basal maxillary width was similar in the two groups. At the dentoalveolar level a decrease in width was localized to the cleft side in the UCLP group. Maxillary height of the cleft segment was reduced. The second type was related to the anterior part of the maxilla and the nasal septum. The inferior border of the bony part of the nasal septum deviated towards the cleft side. The anterior nasal spine and the midpoint between the upper central incisors deviated toward the noncleft side, but to a different degree indicating a vertical tilting of the premaxillary region.     

单侧完全性唇腭裂术后患儿颜面非对称性变化的研究

本研究采用莫尔等高条纹分析法检测一组混合牙列期单侧完全性唇腭裂（ＵＣＬＰ）术后患儿颜面主要结构的非对称笥，并与正常儿童进行对比分析。结果显示ＵＣＬＰ术后患儿面中份，特别是鼻及口唇部位发生明显的不对称性畸形，说明唇腭列修补术后继发牙颌面畸形是三方面的异常，该研究结构提示对唇腭裂患者进行序列治疗对预防和减轻这种术后畸形有十分重要的意义。     

Bilateral oblique facial cleft--tissue expansion with primary reconstruction

The oblique facial cleft may present as a cutaneous and/or an osseous cleft, with or without a cleft lip, and with or without a cleft palate. This particular case was born with complete bilateral cutaneous-osseous oblique facial clefts which extended from the oral cavity to the eye sockets with anophthalmia on the right side. The first surgical intervention included a midline nasal skeleton alignment and bilateral cleft lip and alveolus reconstruction. Urinary Foley catheters were used as facial tissue expanders and inserted adjacent to the oblique facial clefts. The second surgical procedure consisted of a partial pyramidal Le Fort II osteotomy for an inferiorly displaced nasal maxillary skeleton and a rotation and advancement of the cheek as a flap for reconstruction of the palpebral cleft and inner canthus.     

The Nance Obturator,a New Fixed Obturator for Patients with Cleft Palate and Fistula

In patients with fistulas that impair function (e.g., feeding, resonance, intelligibility), obturators are used to improve feeding and reduce nasal air emission by occluding the abnormal opening between the oral and nasal cavities. This report describes a novel method for occluding an anterior palatal fistula in patients with cleft palates. The new design for a fixed obturator is based on the Nance appliance, which was originally used as a space maintainer, but has been redesigned for closing an anterior palatal fistula in a patient with cleft lip and palate. The Nance obturator may be used when the surgical closure of the fistula is not feasible and a removable device is not successful. As it is a fixed device, it does not require remaking with maxillary growth. The new design may also function as a fixed space maintainer to preserve molar anchorage and maxillary transverse width.     

Effect of primary repositioning of the nasal septum on facial growth in unilateral cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate whether manipulation of the nasal septum, its release, and changing of its abnormal position in infancy has an impact on maxillary growth and facial development in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate. DESIGN: Roentgencephalometric investigation. SETTING: Cleft Centre at the Clinic of Plastic Surgery, Prague. PATIENTS: Two consecutive groups of male patients (n = 32 and 30) with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate without associated malformations at 15 years of age. INTERVENTIONS: The patients were operated on by the same team of surgeons and by the same method (lip: Tennison and primary periosteoplasty; palate: pushback with pharyngeal flap surgery), with the exception of complete primary repositioning of the nasal septum performed only in one group. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Roentgencephalometric data of both series of patients were compared with a t-test. All measurements were performed by one investigator. RESULTS: Patients with primary repositioning of the nasal septum had a more favorable nasal prominence and better vertical growth of the upper and whole face in posterior height. Better growth in anterior height was only suggested; maxillary retrusion was equal in both groups. CONCLUSIONS: Primary repositioning of the nasal septum has a favorable effect on nasal development, and it neither deteriorates nor markedly improves maxillary growth in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.     

Three-dimensional nasal septum and maxillary changes following rapid maxillary expansion in patients with cleft lip and palate:: A case-series analysis

ObjectivesTo determine the three-dimensional changes of the nasal septum (NS), alveolar width, alveolar cleft volume, and maxillary basal bone following rapid maxillary expansion (RME) in consecutive patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP).Materials and MethodsA retrospective investigation was conducted based on the analysis of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) data of 40 consecutive patients with UCLP (mean age 11.1 ± 2.2 years). Scans were acquired prior to RME (T0) and after removal of the expander (T1) before graft surgery. A three-dimensional analysis of the effects of RME on the nasal septum, alveolar width, alveolar cleft volume, and maxillary basal bone was performed.ResultsNo changes in the NS deviation were observed following RME (P > .05). Significant increases of the alveolar transverse dimension were found in the anterior (14.2%; P < .001) and posterior (7.7%; P < .001) regions as well as in the volume of the alveolar cleft (19.6%; P < .001). No changes in the basal bone dimensions and morphology were observed (P > .05).ConclusionsFollowing RME, no changes were observed in the NS and maxillary basal bones of patients with UCLP despite the significant gain in the anterior and posterior alveolar width and the increase of the alveolar cleft defect. Clinicians should be aware that maxillary changes following RME in patients with UCLP are restricted to the dentoalveolar region.     

Soft Tissue Changes in Cleft Lip and Palate Patients: Anterior Maxillary Distraction versus Conventional Le-Fort I Osteotomy

The purpose of the study was to compare the soft tissue changes after maxillary advancement in patients with maxillary deficiency associated with cleft lip and palate (CLP) by two approaches—anterior maxillary distraction (AMD) and advancement LeFort I osteotomy (ALO). Twenty patients with maxillary hypoplasia associated with cleft lip and palate who had undergone either LeFort I osteotomy or distraction osteogenesis with maxillary advancement were included in this study. Lateral cephalogram taken at various intervals of time were used to evaluate soft tissue and hard tissue changes over time. In both groups, vertical as well as horizontal changes in pronasale was well observed. A substantial increase in nasal parameters was noted in case of AMD group in comparison to ALO. Though maxillary advancement was evident in both the groups, a significant and consistent change was observed in AMD. Significant vertical and horizontal changes were seen with respect to subnasale and labrale superius in AMD group. Soft tissue as well as hard tissue relapse was greater in ALO group than AMD group. Significant soft tissue and hard tissue changes were clearly observed in both the groups, but the treatment results were more consistent in cases treated with AMD. Hence AMD could be considered as a better treatment of choice in cases of maxillary hypoplasia associated with cleft lip and palate.     

上颌前徙术后腭咽闭合功能的临床观察

目的　临床观察评价上颌前徙术后腭咽闭合功能变化。方法　对 7例上颌发育不全患者及 3例唇腭裂继发上颌发育不全患者行LeFortI型截骨术前移上颌骨 ,术前术后行鼻咽纤维镜及发“i”音时的头颅侧位片检查 ,结合术前术后语音的评价 ,对上颌前徙术后腭咽闭合及发音的改变进行观察分析。结果　经统计学分析 ,软腭动度、腭咽闭合程度、语音清晰度等指标术前术后比较差异均无显著性。结论　患者术前腭咽闭合功能良好时 ,上颌前徙术后腭咽闭合功能无明显变化     

Growth of the fetal rat craniofacial complex secondary to the postfusion rupture of the palate.

Isolated cleft palate was created by in utero surgical rupture of the previously intact rat palate. Cephalometric analysis was performed on mandibular and maxillary growth and on nasal septal height. The findings showed that the surgical procedure has no effect, beside cleft palate production, on continuing fetal craniofacial growth.     

腭裂及其修复术后上颌骨生长变化规律及机制的实验研究

采用连续动态观察狗头颅侧位和上下位定位Ｘ线片的方法，观察比较了正常对照组、腭裂组、腭裂两瓣法修复组和全裂隙植骨修复组的上颌骨长、宽、高三维方向上的变化过程。结果显示：腭裂和腭裂修复术后的上颌骨自身增长率的显著性改变始于术后２－４周，在术后１８周结束，与正常对照组相比，前颌骨的运动轨迹亦不同，揭示鼻中隔软骨的生长方向和前颌骨对上颌骨生长力传导的异常改变可能是腭裂和腭裂修复术上颌骨生长畸形的主要原因。     

Frontal cephalometric study of dentofacial morphology in children with bilateral clefts of lip, alveolus and palate

The transverse dentofacial morphology of 36 children with bilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate was studied by means of a frontal proportional cephalometric analysis at the ages of three, eight and twelve years. Comparison of the variables of the cleft group was made with the normal dimensions as obtained from the Bolton cephalometric templates. The results indicated that the BCLP group presented characteristics and significant differences from the normal in the dimensions of the nasal septum width and the mandibular intergonial width as they are both related to the interorbital width, the maxillary intermolar width as it is related to the mandibular intermolar width and the maxillary width as it is related to the mandibular intergonial width at all three ages. The maxillary base and intermolar widths, although significantly different at the ages of three and eight years, showed no significant deviation from normality at the age of twelve years. Following orthodontic treatment between the ages of seven to twelve years, the maxillary intermolar width of the treated subgroup was significantly larger than in the untreated subjects.     

单侧完全性唇腭裂术后患者颅颌冠状面上的形态特征的研究

本文通过对33名恒牙列早期单侧完全性唇腭裂术后患者和同龄正常青少年的线正位片测量研究，结果表明：该时期术后患者上颌骨及上颌牙槽宽度明显小于正常组，鼻中隔底部偏非裂隙侧，男性面中份宽度及鼻部宽度亦明显发育受限。相关性研究发现面部各部分宽度生长发育呈明显正相关。     

Stability after Le Fort I osteotomy in cleft lip and palate patients

Le Fort I osteotomies were performed in 20 patients with cleft lip and palate as a one-segment movement, and the fragments were fixed with miniplates without bone grafting. Tracings of preoperative and serial postoperative lateral cephalograms were used to determine changes in maxillary position. The posterior nasal spine, not subjected to extensive changes during surgical procedures and remodeling, was found to be the most reliable landmark for measuring maxillary advancement and stability. The mean maxillary advancement was 5.96 mm. Analysis did not reveal significant changes in linear and angular measurements from immediately postoperative to 6 months postoperative. A modest maxillary advancement by Le Fort I osteotomy, along with alleviation of palatal scar tissue tension and miniplate fixation, is a stable surgical method in patients with cleft lip and palate.     

牙槽突裂的裂隙特点及正畸治疗对唇腭裂患者牙槽突植骨术的影响

牙槽突裂是位于唇腭裂患者上颌牙弓处的骨缺损,常发生于侧切牙与尖牙之间。由于先天性裂隙、早期手术治疗所致瘢痕挛缩及唇肌压迫等原因,患者多并发严重的上颌骨横向发育障碍。牙槽突植骨术作为唇腭裂序列治疗中的重要步骤,是修补上颌骨裂隙和矫正上颌横向发育不足的有效手段。众多临床实践及研究发现,正畸治疗的时机选择与牙槽突植骨术的成功率及预后效果密不可分,同时,牙槽突裂的裂隙特点对牙槽突植骨术产生的影响也不可忽视。本文就牙槽突裂的裂隙特点与正畸治疗时机对牙槽突植骨术成功率及预后的影响两方面进行综述,以期为唇腭裂患者临床治疗方案的选择及实验研究的设计提供一定的依据。     

The effects of Le Fort I osteotomy with maxillary movement on articulation, resonance, and velopharyngeal function

Articulation, resonance, and velopharyngeal function were evaluated before and after Le Fort I maxillary advancement in 16 patients (seven with cleft lip and palate, one with cleft lip only, and eight without clefts). On the postoperative evaluation, seven of 11 patients with preoperative articulation errors showed an improvement in articulation after surgery. Two patients without clefts showed slight changes in nasal resonance, and two patients (one with cleft lip and palate and one with cleft lip only) developed mild nasal emission. Nine patients showed diminished velopharyngeal contact during speech on videofluoroscopic studies. Compensatory changes in velopharyngeal function were also observed, which included velar stretching and lengthening and increased lateral pharyngeal wall movement.     

Effect of maxillary distraction osteogenesis on velopharyngeal function: a pilot study

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine preoperative and postoperative changes of velopharyngeal function in cleft patients who underwent maxillary distraction osteogenesis using the Rigid External Distraction System. STUDY DESIGN: Six cleft patients followed for a minimum of 12 months after maxillary distraction were examined. Plain and contrast lateral-cephalograms were obtained preoperatively and postoperatively, and speech evaluation was performed by the same authorized speech therapist at the same time points. RESULTS: The mean distraction amount at the anterior nasal spine was 11.7 mm (range, 7.4 mm - 15.0 mm). Both the nasopharyngeal depth and velar length increased after maxillary distraction, but the need ratio (nasopharyngeal depth/velar length) also increased after distraction. Although scores for velopharyngeal closure dropped a few points after maxillary distraction, the rating for hypernasality remained unchanged in all patients but the patient whose distraction amount was 15.0 mm. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that maxillary distraction of less than 15 mm may not markedly affect velopharyngeal function in cleft patients.     

Particulate inlay nasal graft with immediate dental implant placement in a patient with repaired alveolar cleft: case report

Primary bone grafts in congenital cleft alveolus do not always provide sufficient bulk or height of bone for ideal placement of endosseous implants. Thus, maxillary sinus or nasal floor elevation and inlay bone grafts in previously grafted areas are not exceptions in the daily routine. This case report stresses the need of a detailed treatment plan and careful surgical management of nasal floor elevation with particulate autogenous bone graft to successfully provide the patient with osseointegrated prostheses.