Use cervical vertebra bone age to evaluate the development situation of unilateral complete cleft lip and palate patients

• Main Author: ZHAO Xue-fang
• Format: Article
• Language: zho
• Published: Editorial Department of Journal of Prevention and Treatment for Stomatological Diseases 2016-07-01
• Series: 口腔疾病防治
• Subjects: Cleft lip and palate; Cervical vertebra bone age; Development; Lateral cephalometric radiograph; Cephalometric analysis
• Online Access: http://manu45.magtech.com.cn/Jwk3_kqjbfz/EN/10.12016/j.issn.2096-1456.2016.07.008

Objective Use cervical vertebra bone age to assess the development situation of the patients with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate (UCLP).Methods A total of 45 UCLP patients aged 9 to 16 years were selected as experimental group. Another 45 patients of the same age and race without cleft lip and palate were selected as control group. Lateral cephalometric radiographs were taken for the patients. Lateral cephalometric radiographs were used to measure and calculate vertebra bone of the UCLP group and the Non-cleft group. Independent samples t test was used to compare bone age of UCLP group and the Non-cleft group in same gender.Results Cervical vertebra bone age of male patients in UCLP group was significantly smaller than patients in the Non-cleft group (P < 0.05), while cervical vertebra bone age of female patients shows no significant difference between two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion Compared with Non-cleft patients, the male UCLP patients’ development is relatively slow. And there is no significant difference between the female patients in two groups.