Long-term effects of lip repair on dentofacial morphology in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: Lateral cephalograms from the growth archive of the Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project were analyzed in a cohort design to study the long-term effects of lip repair on dentofacial morphology in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate. METHODS: A total of 71 patients were recruited, including 23 adult patients with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate without surgical repair and 48 adult patients with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate who had lip repair, but without management of alveolus or anterior vomer. The design utilized exact matching on ethnicity and statistical control for gender and age. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The data support the hypothesis that lip repair primarily produces a bone-bending effect on the anterior maxillary alveolus (alveolar molding), accompanied by controlled uprighting of maxillary incisors, and secondarily produces a bone-remodeling effect (bone resorption) in the base of the anterior maxillary alveolus. When analyzed by the age at lip repair and the surgeon who performed lip repair, early lip repair produced a greater bone-remodeling effect than did late lip repair, and variation in the surgeon who performed lip repair had an insignificant impact on dentofacial morphology after adjusting for covariates.     

单侧唇腭裂鼻-牙槽骨塑形后同期唇-鼻-牙槽骨整复术

目的:探讨唇腭裂婴幼儿术前鼻-牙槽骨塑形后的同期唇-鼻-牙槽骨整复术的方法与技术,并进行初步疗效评价。方法:对31例单侧完全性唇腭裂婴幼儿进行术前鼻-牙槽骨塑形及同期唇-鼻-牙槽骨整复术。术前鼻-牙槽骨塑形主要包括关闭牙槽骨间隙、唇牵张及鼻矫形;早期同期唇-鼻-牙槽骨整复术,即牙龈-牙周膜-牙槽骨整形术和改良Mohler法单侧唇裂唇鼻畸形同期整复术。采用SPSS10.0统计软件包对所得数据进行t检验。结果:31例唇腭裂婴幼儿经2～3个月术前鼻-牙槽骨塑形,唇裂隙宽度显著变窄(P<0.01),裂隙两侧唇组织适度牵张;鼻小柱延长及鼻塌陷畸形显著改善(P<0.05);牙槽裂隙显著变窄(P<0.01)。术后2例失访,29例患者随访6～30个月,结果显示:上唇和鼻形态俱佳,鼻小柱端正,鼻尖形态改善,双鼻孔、鼻底堤状隆起对称;口腔前庭-鼻腔瘘封闭;27例患者牙槽突裂隙关闭,牙槽骨连续性及稳定性增强并在原牙槽裂隙处有牙萌出,其中13例牙槽嵴高度、宽度及厚度不足;2例仍有1～2mm的牙槽裂隙。结论:单侧完全性唇腭裂患者为了获得理想的唇鼻形态及完整稳定的牙槽骨,术前进行鼻-牙槽骨塑形和同期唇-鼻-牙槽骨整复术是值得采用的序列治疗方法。     

A comparison of growth impairment and orthodontic results in adult patients with clefts of palate and unilateral clefts of lip, palate and alveolus

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate and compare the long-term aesthetic and functional results of surgical and orthodontic treatment in patients with cleft palate and unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus. DESIGN: 30 patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus and 30 patients with isolated cleft palate, mean age of 18.9 years, were evaluated by cephalometric and model analysis a mean of 1.5 years after orthodontic treatment. In each group the surgical treatment has been similar. RESULTS: Model analysis: The sum of every mesiodistal tooth diameter in the maxilla and in the mandible was recorded according to the Bolton analysis. Twenty patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate and alveolus had relatively large upper dental arches and nine had relatively large lower dental arches. Twenty-two patients with cleft palates had large upper dental arches and seven had large mandibular arches. Eleven patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus and 18 patients with cleft palate had a negative space supply (the sum of the mesiodistal tooth diameters compared with the sagittal length of the alveolar ridge) in the region of the lateral teeth. All patients had persistent transverse space deficits that were increased on the side of the cleft in patients with cleft lip, palate, and alveolus. These unilateral transversal space deficits were recorded in 22 patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus and in 8 patients with isolated cleft palate. Sagittal measurements were reduced in 26 patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus and in 23 patients with cleft palate alone. The alveolar midline of the maxilla and the mandible were displaced in 25 patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus and in 19 patients with isolated cleft palate. Lateral cephalometric analysis: The lateral cephalograms taken at the same time as the models showed a mean SNA of 76.8 degrees and a NL-NSL angle of 8.7 degrees, indications of a tendency towards maxillary retrognathia in patients with unilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus. Patients with cleft palate had a mean SNA of 79.6 degrees and NL-NSL angle of 8.1 degrees. The anterior facial vertical index was within normal limits in patients with cleft lip, palate, and alveolus (44% vs 56%). An anterior facial height index of 42% compared with 58% in patients with isolated cleft palate indicated a slight reduction in midface height with an increase in the lower face as a consequence. CONCLUSION: Orthodontic and surgical treatment can result in satisfactory results on model analysis. However, there is specific growth impairment of the maxilla 1.5 years after termination of orthodontic treatment and this influences the final cephalometric analysis, particularly in patients with cleft lip, palate, and alveolus.     

The influence of simultaneous cleft lip and palate repair on facial growth in rabbits

This study was designed to test the influence of simultaneous cleft lip and palate repair on facial growth in rabbits. Three groups of rabbits were used. Group I consisted of control rabbits who had no surgery; Group II had surgically created, but unrepaired, clefts of the lip, alveolus, and palate; and Group III had surgically created clefts of the lip, alveolus, and palate followed by immediate simultaneous lip and palate repair. In Group III, the lip was repaired using the Millare technique and the palate using two-flap palatoplasty, leaving no bare bone exposed. All animals were sacrificed after twenty weeks. Results of the direct cephalometry of the skulls confirmed that simultaneous lip and palate repair results in inhibition of anterior-posterior and transverse maxillary growth. Some significant changes were also found in mandibular length and nasal deflection. All 15 rabbits with simultaneous cleft lip and palate repair developed anterior crossbites and functional shifts to the left or cleft side. Further analysis comparing the results of facial growth inhibition in this study with inhibition following lip repair only or palate repair only will be necessary to assess the severity of secondary maxillo-facial deformities resulting from lip and palate repair.     

Associations between severity of clefting and maxillary growth in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate treated with infant orthopedics.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine possible associations between severity of clefting in infants and maxillary growth in children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate. DESIGN: This was a retrospective study of measurements made on infant maxillary study casts and maxillary cephalometric variables obtained at 5 to 6 years of follow-up. SETTING: The study was performed at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery of New York University Medical Center, New York, New York. PATIENTS: Twenty-four consecutive nonsyndromic unilateral complete cleft lip and palate patients treated during the years 1987 to 1994. INTERVENTIONS: All the patients received uniform treatment (i.e., presurgical orthopedics followed by gingivoperiosteoplasty to close the alveolar cleft combined with repair of the lip and nose in a single stage at the age of 3 to 4 months). Closure of the palate was performed at the age of 12 to 14 months. RESULTS: Infant maxillary study cast measurements correlated in a statistically significant manner with maxillary cephalometric measurements at age 5 to 6 years. CONCLUSIONS: The results demonstrate the large variation in the severity of unilateral cleft lip and palate deformity at birth. Patients with large clefts and small arch circumference, arch length, or both demonstrated less favorable maxillary growth than those with small clefts and large arch circumference or arch length at birth.     

Cephalometric findings in a normal Nigerian population sample and adult Nigerians with unrepaired clefts

Cephalometric values have been established for twenty adult Nigerians, three adults with unrepaired unilateral cleft lip and alveolus (UCLA) and two adults with unrepaired unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). Normal values for SNA and SNB were 85.5 degrees +/- 3.5 and 82.7 degrees +/- 3.2 respectively, and the mean ANB values were 3.1 degrees +/- 0.8. The cephalometric data for unilateral cleft lip and alveolus (UCLA) subjects whose clefts were not repaired until adulthood did not differ significantly from normal controls. However, in two adults with unrepaired unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP), the SNA values were less than normal controls and the ANB values were reduced to negative levels. Bimaxillary protrusion of the incisors appears to be a normal feature in Nigerians. There appears to be inhibition of maxillary growth in UCLP patients but not in UCLA cases.     

唇裂修复术对唇腭裂患者上颌骨生长发育的影响

目的:探讨唇裂修复术在单侧完全性唇腭裂患者上颌骨生长受限中的作用。方法:52例唇裂修复术后的单侧完全性唇腭裂恒牙列期患者,依是否已行腭裂修复分成两个实验组,通过头颅侧位头影测量片研究两组患者上颌骨生长变化规律,并与正常对照组比较。结果:唇腭裂均修复组与仅唇裂修复组具有基本相似的上颌骨生长抑制。结论:唇裂修复术是影响单侧完全性唇腭裂患者上颌骨生长受抑的重要因素。     

Dento-alveolar development in unilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Palatal surgery for cleft lip, alveolus and palate is considered to have the most powerful negative impact on maxillary growth. The aim of this study was to compare dento-alveolar development of the permanent dentition and morphology of the palate after surgery in unilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate patients following two types of palatoplasty: supraperiosteal flap vs mucoperiosteal flap technique.PATIENTS: Thirty-eight patients born between 1976 and 1983 with a complete unilateral cleft of lip, alveolus and palate were studied. Fifteen patients were treated with supraperiosteal flaps (SP group), and the other 23 patients with mucoperiosteal flaps (MP group). In this cross-sectional study, dental casts of stage IV A of Hellman's dental age in each patient were used. METHODS: The following distances were measured: (1). transverse distance C-C', (2). transverse distance M-M', (3). palatal length, (4). palatal height. RESULTS: No statistically differences were seen between the SP and MP groups regarding C-C' and M-M'. However, palatal length and palatal height were significantly greater in the SP than in the MP group. CONCLUSION: The technique that leaves no denuded palatal bone is considered to be advantageous for the development of the alveolar process.     

不同的早期治疗模式对单侧完全性唇腭裂患者颌面形态的影响

目的 探讨不同的早期治疗模式对非综合征性单侧完全性唇腭裂患者(UCCLPAs)颌面形态的影响.方法 纳入47位6~7岁的非综合征性单侧完全性唇腭裂患者为病例组,将其按不同的早期治疗模式分为4组,纳入13位性别及年龄与之相当的单侧不完全性唇裂患者为对照组.通过比较反映颌面形态的8个指标来评价病例组和对照组颌面部骨性形态差异.统计采用t检验、单因素方差分析及秩和检验方法.结果 与对照组相比,12月龄前修复唇裂的UCCLPAs的骨性咽腔深度(Ba-PMP) 减小(P<0.05).与未修复腭裂的UCCLPAs相比, 12月龄前修复唇裂,24月龄前修复腭裂的UCCLPAs的面突度(SNA)减小(P<0.05),上颌骨后面高(R-PMP)减小(P<0.05).病例组间相比,3月龄前行唇粘连术,12月龄前行硬腭犁骨瓣整复术的 UCCLPAs 的上颌骨位置(S-Ptm)偏后(P<0.05).结论 当UCCLPAs 6~7岁时,3月龄前行唇粘连术,且12月龄前行硬腭犁骨瓣整复术者的患者上颌骨生长受抑制最严重.24月龄内行硬腭裂整复术者上颌骨向前的生长及后面高的生长均会受抑制.     

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.     

单侧完全性唇（腭）裂患者术后上唇特征的研究

目了：了解单侧完全性唇（腭）裂患者术后上唇的形态特征。方法：将单侧完全性唇裂组和唇腭裂组患者。以及正常对照组的正,侧位标准相片上的上唇白唇面积,上唇白唇高,上唇红唇高,口裂宽,以及鼻底凸度,上唇和下唇凸度进行测量分析。结果 单侧完全性唇裂和唇腭裂患者唇裂术后的上唇面积和上白同均明显,于正常对照组,唇裂患者的唇突指数,明显小于正常对照组和唇裂组。结论 单侧完全性唇（腭）裂患者术后唇高短于正常对照组,唇突指数可较好地反映唇（腭）＿裂患者上唇支持硬组织凹陷畸形的程度。     

The incidence and relationship of cervical spine anomalies in patients with cleft lip and/or palate

The relationship, incidence, and distribution of cervical spine anomalies were assessed in 468 patients with cleft lip and/or palate. The patients were placed into four groups: lip and/or alveolar; complete unilateral or bilateral; isolated palatal; and soft palate or submucous clefts. Cervical anomalies were observed in 22% of the cleft patients and in 7% of the noncleft group. Patients with soft palate and submucous clefts had the highest incidence of vertebral anomalies (45%), whereas patients with cleft lip and/or alveolus had an incidence similar to the noncleft group. Patients with complete unilateral and bilateral clefts also had a higher incidence (15.6% to 19.0%) of anomalies than the noncleft group. Cervical anomalies occurred primarily in the occipital-C1-C2 region. The possible implications of these findings are discussed.     

The relationship between lip pressure and facial growth after cleft lip repair: an experimental study.

Two different methods of lip repair were used on rabbits with surgically created unilateral clefts of the lip, alveolus, and palate. Control groups involved both unoperated animals and those with unrepaired surgically created clefts. The resulting lip pressure in the rabbits with repaired cleft lips was found to be significantly higher than in the control groups. Direct skull measurements showed that the rabbits whose lips had been surgically repaired also had significantly shorter maxillae that did the control groups. The correlation found between the amount of lip pressure and the degree of growth inhibition indicated a causal relationship.     

Aesthetic and functional outcome of surgical and orthodontic correction of bilateral clefts of lip, palate, and alveolus.

OBJECTIVE: To assess the aesthetic and functional long-term results of surgical and orthodontic treatment of patients with bilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus. DESIGN: Long-term follow-up study. SETTING: Teaching hospital in Austria. PATIENTS: Twenty adult patients who had been operated on as children for bilateral cleft lip, palate, and alveolus. INTERVENTIONS: Lateral cephalometric and model analysis. The sum of all mesiodistal tooth diameters in the maxilla and mandible were compared with standard Bolton tracings. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Aesthetic and functional results. RESULTS (MODEL ANALYSIS): The upper arch was too wide in 12 patients and the mandibular arch was too wide in 4 patients. In 11 patients, the lateral teeth were crowded, and all had a persistent transverse space deficit and a reduction in sagittal measurements. Fifteen patients had alveolar midline displacement of the maxilla as well as of the mandible. RESULTS (LATERAL CEPHALOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS): The lateral cephalograms showed a mean sella-nasion-A point angle of 77 degrees and a maxillary baseline-nasion-sella line angle of 9 degrees, indicating a tendency toward maxillary retrognathia. An anterior facial height index of 42% (compared with the standard 58%) indicated a slight reduction in midface height with consequent increase in the height of the lower face. CONCLUSION: There is specific growth impairment of the midface in adults who were treated as children for bilateral clefts of lip, palate, and alveolus. An optimal result can be achieved only by additional orthognathic surgery (Le Fort II osteotomy).     

Effects of maxillary protraction combined with chin-cap therapy in unilateral cleft lip and palate patients.

OBJECTIVE: This study investigated the treatment effects of maxillary protraction combined with chin-cap therapy in complete unilateral cleft lip and palate patients at the deciduous and early mixed dentition stages. METHOD: Twenty-six Japanese children (10 boys and 16 girls) with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate were examined. All had undergone pushback operations for palatal repair at approximately 18 months of age. Maxillary protraction began between 5 and 7 years of age and continued for 10 to 38 months. Lateral cephalograms were used to analyze skeletal changes during the first and second years of treatment, and the relationship between pretreatment midfacial morphology and forward displacement of the maxilla during the first year was investigated. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: During the first year of treatment, the mean increase in the ANB angle for all cases was 2.37 degrees. The forward displacement of the maxilla varied considerably, from 0.23 mm to 3.03 mm. The treatment response was significantly smaller in the second year, and no benefit from treatment longer than 1 year was established. The amount of maxillary forward displacement was significantly correlated with the pretreatment posterior upper facial height. Patients with smaller posterior upper facial height showed a poorer treatment response, whereas patients with a greater posterior upper facial height responded better to treatment. Individual differences in maxillary growth acceleration may be related to growth inhibition associated with postsurgical scar tissue on the palates.     

唇裂修复术对上颌骨生长发育影响的初步探讨

目的：进一步了解唇裂修复手术对唇裂伴牙槽突裂和唇腭裂患者上颌骨生长发育影响方面的差异及其机制,方法：将84例唇裂修复术后患者分为唇裂伴牙槽突裂、唇腭裂唇裂修复组和唇腭裂均修复组,并设健康对照组,摄定位头颅线片并测量分析。结果：唇裂修复术对唇腭裂组上凳骨生长发育的影响明显大于唇裂伴牙槽突裂组,结论：唇腭裂的裂与组织缺损是导致唇裂修复影响上颌骨生长的重要原因。     

Long-term effects of palate repair on craniofacial morphology in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: To identify the long-term effects of palate repair on craniofacial growth in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). DESIGN: Retrospective cross-sectional study. SETTING: Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project. SUBJECTS: Forty-eight adults with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate, 29 men and 19 women, had lip repair only (LRO group). Fifty-eight adults with nonsyndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate, 35 men and 23 women, had lip and palate repairs by the age of 9 (LPR group). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Clinical notes were used to record surgical treatment histories. Cephalometry was used to determine craniofacial morphology. RESULTS: In the lip and palate repair group, the depth of the bony pharynx (Ba-PMP), the maxillary length at the alveolar level (PMP-A), the effective length of the maxilla (Ar-IZ, Ar-ANS, Ar-A), the maxillary protrusion (S-N-ANS, SNA), the anteroposterior jaw relation (ANS-N-Pog, ANB), and the overjet were smaller than in the lip repair only group. There were no significant differences in the maxillary length at the basal level (PMP-IZ, PMP-ANS) and the anterior and posterior maxillary heights (N-ANS and R-PMP, respectively) in the two groups. CONCLUSION: Palate repair inhibits the forward displacement of the basal maxilla and anteroposterior development of the maxillary dentoalveolus in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate. Palate repair has no detrimental effects on the downward displacement of the basal maxilla or on palatal remodeling in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.     

Analysis of midface asymmetry in patients with cleft lip, alveolus and palate at the age of 3 months using 3D-COSMOS measuring system.

INTRODUCTION: Patients suffering from unilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate exhibit a varying degree of asymmetry of the midface. Evaluation of this asymmetry can be carried out by means of 3D-CT, or a laser surface scanner. MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this paper, 3D-CT-scan data of 21 patients with unilateral clefts of lip, alveolus and palate were analysed using three-dimensional models. Evaluations of the 3D-models were carried out with the computer-aided 3D-operation simulator 3D-Cosmos. RESULTS: Asymmetry was found in the orbital, nasal and maxillary regions. The infraorbital rims were displaced craniocaudally and horizontally as well as laterally of the cleft-sided piriform aperture. This asymmetry corresponded to a dislocation of the maxillary segment on the cleft side. A deficit in volume was not reliably found.     

Long-term effects of clefts on craniofacial morphology in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate.

OBJECTIVE: To identify the long-term effects of clefts (intrinsic and functional) on craniofacial growth and to evaluate the possible association between the sizes of the cleft maxillary segment (intrinsic) and alveolar cleft (functional) and the craniofacial morphology in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). DESIGN: Retrospective case-control study. SETTING: Sri Lankan Cleft Lip and Palate Project. SUBJECTS: Thirty unoperated adult patients with UCLP and 52 normal controls. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Maxillary dental cast was used to measure the sizes of the cleft maxillary segment and alveolar cleft. Cephalometry was used to determine craniofacial morphology. RESULTS: Patients with UCLP had shorter height of the basal maxilla, shorter posterior length of the basal maxilla, and less protruded basal maxilla at the zygomatic level than did control subjects. In patients with UCLP, the posterior height of the basal maxilla was related to the size of the cleft maxillary segment, and there was a tendency toward significant association between the anterior height of the basal maxilla and the size of the alveolar cleft. CONCLUSION: The adverse effects of clefts on the growth of the maxilla in patients with UCLP are restricted to the basal maxilla in size. This growth inhibition is major in height and minor in length. The reduced posterior height of the basal maxilla in unoperated patients with UCLP might be primarily attributed to intrinsic effects, whereas the reduced anterior height of the basal maxilla might be attributed to functional effects.