DENTOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY IN ADOLESCENT OR EARLY ADULT PATIENTS WITH CLEFT-LIP AND PALATE AFTER A TREATMENT REGIMEN THAT INCLUDED VOMER FLAP SURGERY AND PUSHBACK PALATAL REPAIR

Dentofacial morphology was evaluated in 94 adolescent or early adult p atients born with unilateral or bilateral cleft lip and palate. As wel l as rip closure, the primary treatment included vomer flap surgery an d pushback palatal repair. Roentgen-cephalometric measurements as well as classification of the patients into different classes of dentofaci al deformity indicated development of bimaxillary retrognathia with se vere midfacial deficiency in about a quarter of the cases. Our results were similar to those reported by other teams who used similar surgic al regimen.