Growth in Width Following Pharyngeal Flap Surgery
Abstract
An assessment of serial postero-anterior cephalometric radiographs of 17 cleft palate patients who had undergone pharyngeal flap surgery to improve hypernasal speech; no significant effect on growth in width of dental arches or facial skeleton was found.
Contributor Notes
Dr. Long is Director of Research and of the Cranio-Dento-Facial Deformities Division at the H. K. Cooper Clinic, Lancaster, PA. He holds D.M.D. and M.S. degrees from the University of Pittsburgh, and a certificate in orthodontics from the University of North Carolina
Dr. Gupton is a former resident in the Department of Orthodontics, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. She holds a D.D.S. degree from Temple University and a certificate in orthodontics from the Albert Einstein Medical Center
Dr. McGillis is a former resident in the Department of Orthodontics, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA. She holds a D.D.S. degree from the University of Toronto, and a certificate in orthodontics from the Albert Einstein Medical Center