Najar Chalien M, Mark H, Lilja J, Rizell S. Long-term Outcome for Two-Stage Palatal Closure With Different Timings for Hard Palate Surgery: Craniofacial Growth and Dental Arch Relation.
Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2023;
60:1140-1148. [PMID:
36597376 PMCID:
PMC10467013 DOI:
10.1177/10556656221140676]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
The aim was to evaluate dental arch relation and craniofacial growth for individuals born with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP), who had two-stage palatal surgery, with hard palate closure (HPC) at the ages of 3 or 8 years.
DESIGN
Longitudinal cohort study.
SETTING
Ceft lip and palate team in Gothenburg, Sweden.
PATIENTS
The inclusion criteria were nonsyndromic individuals born with complete UCLP who were consecutively operated according to two different surgical protocols; soft palate closure at 6 months followed by hard palate closure at the age of 3 years (HPC3) or at the age of 8 years (HPC8). In this evaluation, 28 individuals had HPC3 and 59 individuals had HPC8.
INTERNVENTIONS
The main outcome, longitudinal series of dental casts and lateral radiographs from the ages of 5, 10, 16, and 19 years, were evaluated using GOSLON Yardstick and cephalometric analysis.
RESULTS
At the age of 10 years, 78% of the individuals with HPC3 demonstrated GOSLON scores of 1 and 2 and 86% in HPC8. At the age of 19 years, 54% of the individuals exhibited GOSLON scores of 1or 2 when compared with 74% in HPC8. A statistical significant difference for SNA was observed at the age of 5 years (P = .004), with a lower SNA in HPC3, but not at the ages of 10, 16 and 19 years. At the final age, SNA was 75.2° for HPC3 and 76.8° for HPC8.
CONCLUSIONS
The decrease in age for HPC did not have an adverse effect on long-term dental arch relationship or craniofacial growth.
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