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Clinical Analysis of the Cleft Patterns of Lip and Palate
Author(s) -
NATSUME Nagato,
SUZUKI Toshio,
KAWAI Tsuyoshi
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
congenital anomalies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1741-4520
pISSN - 0914-3505
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4520.1984.tb00009.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , orthodontics , epidemiology , congenital disease , surgery , pathology
The patterns in the cleft lip and palate were classified in great detail, and the point of center of the clefts in this disease was speculated. The purpose of the present study was to establish the basic data for classifications of epidemiological surveys in the future. The subjects were 377 patients with cleft lips and palates who visited the Second Department of Oro‐Maxillo‐Facial Surgery, Aichi‐Gakuin University Hospital. The models of cleft lip and palate divided into 17 segments prepared for an analysis of cleft patterns. And as consequence, the following results were obtained.