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SUMMARY This prospective cross-sectional, case-controlled morphometric study assessed three dimensional (3D) facial morphological differences between average faces of 103 children aged 8-12 years; 40 with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP), 23 with unilateral cleft lip and alveolus (UCLA), 19 with bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLP), 21 with isolated cleft palate (ICP), and 80 gender and age-matched controls. 3D stereophotogrammetric facial scans were recorded for each participant at rest. Thirty-nine landmarks were digitized for each scan, and x-, y-, z-coordinates for each landmark were extracted. A 3D photorealistic average face was constructed for each participating group and subjective and objective comparisons were carried out between each cleft and control average faces. Marked differences were observed between all groups. The most severely affected were groups where the lip and palate were affected and repaired (UCLP and UCLA). The group with midsagittal palatal deformity and repair (ICP) was the most similar to the control group. The results revealed that 3D shape analysis allows morphometric discrimination between subjects with craniofacial anomalies and the control group, and underlines the potential value of statistical shape analysis in assessing the outcomes of cleft lip and palate surgery, and orthodontic treatment. © 2012 The Author 2012. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Orthodontic Society.
Author(s): Bugaighis I, Tiddeman B, Mattick CR, Hobson R
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: European Journal of Orthodontics
Year: 2014
Volume: 36
Issue: 4
Pages: 365-372
Print publication date: 01/08/2014
Online publication date: 20/11/2012
Acceptance date: 01/01/1900
ISSN (print): 0141-5387
ISSN (electronic): 1460-2210
Publisher: Oxford University Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejo/cjs060
DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjs060
PubMed id: 23172581
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