Cleft lip with or without cleft palate is caused by genetic as well as environmental factors. Genetic factor plays an important role to the occurence of cleft. Some authors believe that facial measurement of parents of cleft children differ from that of parents who have no cleft children. This study is to investigate whether there are any facial measurements of cleft parents that differs from p…
Effects on maxillary and dentoalveolar following surgical treatment of cleft lip and palate are mainly atributed to a figh lip as well as scaming and wound contracture of the palate (Ross 1987: Bardach and Kelly 1988). Maxillary restroposition with or without mandibular protrusion and malocclusion are often found. However, these defomities coult be the additive effect of surgical intervention o…
Objective: to describe whether cleft lip/palate (CLP) is related to endogamy marriage. Material and methods: The parents of cleft's children; case-control study Results: 1.1 percent of cleft lip and 0.75 percent of cleft palate to endogamy marriage. Conclusion: Cletf lip/palate is the close related to endogamy marriage.
Cleft lip and palate are genetic disease inherited as multifactorial trait namely the interaction of a number of genes with environmental factor. Cleft lip as a single anomaly without any other malformation usually is not caused by genetic disorders. Cleft lip and palate folowed by other malformation, dermatoglyphics abnormalities and mental retardation tend to be caused by chromosomal abnormal…