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December, 2004, Vol. 6, No. 4 CONTENTS SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES Assessment of Complete Cleft (CLP) Patients’ Occlusion at Age of Five Periodontal Status in Population of Belarus Dental Fear Among Teenagers. Individual Anxiety Factors Damage of Inferior Alveolar Nerve in Mandible Fracture Cases © 2004 Stomatologija |
Stomatologija 2004; 6 (4): 103-105 207 KB Assessment of Complete Cleft (CLP) Patients’ Occlusion at Age of Five Inese Maulina, Dace Priede, Ieva Maulina, Biruta Barkane, Ilze Akota Summary This study evaluates dental occlusion of five year old children with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) patients with the occlusion of noncleft children. 70 dental casts of five year old children from Latvia were studied. 35 of them got complex treatment in Riga CLP center and 35-were noncleft from kindergarten groups.. All UCLP patients had surgically closed lip an palate; 31 patient had presurgical orthopedics, 17 patients had orthodontics treatment in primary dentition. 5 Year Old’s Index were used to assess dental arch relationship from CLP patients. Measurements of dental arch length, canine arch width and molar arch width were taken similar to Bland and Altman method. Key words: UCLP, 5 year old index, jaw dimentions Received: 02 10 2004 Accepted for publishing: 20 12 2004 *Institute of Stomatology, Riga Cleft Lip and Palate Centre, Riga, Latvia.
Dace Priede* - D.D.S. Ieva Maulina* - D.D.S. Biruta Barkane* - D.D.S., Mc. Ilze Akota* - Dr. Med.; D.D.S., MSc.
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