Three-dimensional facial development of children with unilateral cleft lip and palate during the first year of life in comparison with normative average faces.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stereophotogrammetry can be used to study facial morphology in both healthy individuals as well as subjects with orofacial clefts because it shows good reliability, ability to capture images rapidly, archival capabilities, and high resolution, and does not require ionizing radiation. This study aimed to compare the three-dimensional (3D) facial morphology of infants born with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) with an age-matched normative 3D average face before and after primary closure of the lip and soft palate.

Methods

Thirty infants with a non-syndromic complete unilateral cleft lip, alveolus, and palate participated in the study. Three-dimensional images were acquired at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months of age. All subjects were treated according to the primary su

SUBMITTER: Brons S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6677122 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature