Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Apr 1988
Cranial Base and Cleft Lip and Palate
Cranial Base and Cleft Lip and Palate
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Page Range: 163 – 168
Previous studies do not agree on relationships between cleft palate and the cranial base. This study comparing normal and cleft lip-and-palate samples finds no significant difference in cranial base angle, but significantly shorter clivus length in the cleft sample.Abstract
Keywords: CLEFT; CLIVUS; CRANIAL BASE
Copyright: Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists
Contributor Notes
Andrew Sandham is Senior Lecturer in Orthodontics at Edinburgh Dental School and Head of the clinical department of orthodontics at Edinburgh Dental Hospital. He is a Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland
Leo Cheng is a graduate in dentistry of the Edinburgh Dental School