Author/Editor		Koželj, V; Drevenšek, M
Title		Correlation between skeletal development and oral posture in UCPL children
Type		članek
Source		In: Giuliani R, Galliani E, editors. 7th European craniofacial congress; 2003 Nov 20-22; Bologna. Bologna: Medimond,
Publication year		2003
Volume		str. 53-6
Language		eng
Abstract		We tested the hypothesis that in children with unilateral cleft lip and palate there is a correlation between resting posture of the oral cavity and development of facial skeleton. For this reason, we determined oral posture and analysed lateral cephalograms of 28 consecutive UCLP children treated with presurgical orthopaedics and equal surgical protocol. According to the oral posture, the original group was divided into a subgroup where children had proper oral posture (21 children), and subgroup with improper posture (7 children). In the subgroup with proper posture, normal sagittal intermaxillary relationship was found in 9 children and distal in 12. In the subgroup with improper posture, three children had normal, two distal and two mesial intermaxillary relationship. Angles SNA and ANB are statistically greater in ehildren with proper posture.
Descriptors		CLEFT LIP CLEFT PALATE MAXILLOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT CEPHALOMETRY MOUTH CHILD