March, 2006, Vol. 8, No. 1

CONTENTS

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Assessment Of Skeletal And Dental Pattern Of Class II Division 1 Malocclusion With Relevance To Clinical Practice
3-8

Comparison between Scanora® panoramic radiography and bitewing radiography in the assessment of marginal bone tissue
9-15

The Craniofacial Morphology of the Parents of Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Review of cephalometric studies
16-20

Mutation analysis of the MSX1 gene exons and intron in patients with nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate
21-24

Influence of premolar extractions on tooth size discrepancy. Part Two: Analysis of Bolton values
25-29

The effect of 2 different diameter cast posts on tooth root fracture resistance in vitro
30-32

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The Craniofacial Morphology of the Parents of Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate: A Review of Cephalometric Studies

Ieva Maulina, Ilga Urtane, Gundega Jakobsone

Summary

Objective: To review the cephalometric studies investigating the craniofacial morphology of the parents of children with cleft lip and/ or palate (CL(P)).

Methods: A review of the literature has been conducted using MedLine sources dated 1970-2005. The Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Journal has been searched manually. The reference lists of all previous publications were consulted to identify any publications, not already identified using the electronic search.

Results: 21 similar cephalometric studies investigating the parental craniofacial morphology in orofacial clefts were identified.

Conclusions: The craniofacial morphology of the parents of children with cleft lip and/or palate CL(P) is different in comparison to the non- cleft population. There is a lack of consistency in study designs and results to accurately characterize the parents of children with CL(P). The craniofacial morphology of the parents of children with CL(P) differs from the parents of children with isolated cleft palate (CP), there is insufficient information to precisely localize these differences.

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Ieva Maulina – D.D.S., PhD student, Department of Orthodontics, Institute of Stomatology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia

Ilga Urtane – D.D.S., PhD., Professor, Head of Department of Orthodontics, Director of Institute of Stomatology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia

Gundega Jakobsone – D.D.S., Assoc.Prof., Department of Orthodontics, Institute of Stomatology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia

Address correspondence to prof. I.Urtane: Institute of Stomatology, Dzirciema 20, Riga LV-1007, Latvia.

E-mail: iurtane@latnet.lv