Evaluation of dental arches with and without cleft lip and palate in children aged 3 to 9 months

Author(s)

Viviane Mendes Fernandes

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Bauru.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB/SDB)
• Defense date: 2013-02-18

Examining board members

Thais Marchini de Oliveira Valarelli; Karina Maria Salvatore de Freitas; Marcia Ribeiro Gomide

• Advisor: Thais Marchini de Oliveira Valarelli

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to measure the dimensions of the dental arches of 3-9 month children with cleft lip and palate, before the primary surgery, and compared them with children without cleft lip and palate. The sample consisted of 223 children, divided into groups: without craniofacial deformities (G1), unilateral cleft lip (G2), unilateral cleft lip and alveolus (G3), unilateral cleft lip and palate (G4) and bilateral cleft lip and palate (5). For evaluation, impressions of the upper dental arches of the children were performed with condensation silicone. The casts underwent a process of scanning through 3D scanner and the measurements used for the correlation among groups were executed directly on the scanned images. On the images, the landmarks required to perform the evaluation measurements were determined. The results showed statistically significant differences in intercanine distance (ICD) between G1 - G4 (p = 0.000), G1 - G5 (p = 0.007), G2 - G4 (p = 0.000), G2 - G5 (p = 0.000), and G3 - G4 (p = 0.008). For the posterior arch width (PAW), the following statistically significant differences were found: between G1 - G4 (p = 0.000), G1 - G5 (p = 0.000), G2 - G4 (p = 0.000), G2 - G5 (p = 0.000), G3 - G4 (p = 0.009), and G3 - G5 (p = 0.000). The unilateral anterior cleft width (UACW) exhibited statistically significant differences between G3 and G4 (p = 0.000); the left (LACW) and right anterior cleft width (RACW) showed differences between G3 and G5 (p = 0.011 and p = 0.030). For posterior cleft width (PCW), statistically significant differences between G4 and G5 (p = 0.013) were found. Based on these results, it was found that 3-9 month cleft lip and palate children had transverse dimensions of the dental arches higher than those without cleft lip and palate, before the primary surgeries. The ICD was higher in children with unilateral cleft lip and palate and PAW was higher in children with bilateral cleft lip and palate among the groups studied. A significant increase in the ACW and PCW of the different cleft types with respect to the severity of cleft lip and / or palate was found. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 10/13724-9 - Evaluation of the dental arch with and without cleft lip and palate in children of 3 at 9 months
• Grantee: Viviane Mendes Fernandes
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master