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Facial Tissue Depths in Children with Cleft Lip and Palate
Author(s) -
Starbuck John M.,
Ghoneima Ahmed,
Kula Katherine
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of forensic sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.715
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1556-4029
pISSN - 0022-1198
DOI - 10.1111/1556-4029.12645
Subject(s) - craniofacial , maxilla , medicine , multivariate analysis of variance , soft tissue , dentistry , nasal bone , orthodontics , facial symmetry , facial skeleton , hard palate , nose , anatomy , surgery , machine learning , psychiatry , computer science
Cleft lip and palate (CLP) is a craniofacial malformation affecting more than seven million people worldwide that results in defects of the hard palate, teeth, maxilla, nasal spine and floor, and maxillodental asymmetry. CLP facial soft‐tissue depth ( FSTD ) values have never been published. The purpose of this research is to report CLP FSTD values and compare them to previously published FSTD values for normal children. Thirty‐eight FSTD s were measured on cone beam computed tomography images of CLP children ( n = 86; 7–17 years). MANOVA and ANOVA tests determined whether cleft type, age, sex, and bone graft surgical status affect tissue depths. Both cleft type (unilateral/bilateral) and age influence FSTD s. CLP FSTD s exhibit patterns of variation that differ from normal children, particularly around the oronasal regions of the face. These differences should be taken into account when facial reconstructions of children with CLP are created.