A Cephalometric Study of the Effects of Primary Osteoplasty in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Individuals

Abstract

Nine cases with unilateral Cleft lip and palate treated with primary alveolar osteoplasty procedures were compared cephalometrically to nine cases with the same type of congenital defect treated with soft tissue surgery and no bone graft. Facial depth and height and maxillary depth and height were studied. The results showed no significant difference in most of the measurements except in the relation of the mandibular apical base to the anterior cranial base, which was distally positioned in the bone—grafted group. The absolute depth of the mandible was found to be significantly less in the bone-grafted group.