Cephalometric evaluation of adenoids, upper airway, maxilla, velum length, need ratio for determining velopharyngeal incompetency in subjects with unilateral cleft lip and palate

Cephalometric evaluation of adenoids, upper airway, maxilla, velum length, need ratio for determining velopharyngeal incompetency in subjects with unilateral cleft lip and palate

Objectives: Children with cleft lip and palate (CLP) are seen to have reduced airway size and large adenoids, which might lead to different characteristics in the upper airway and surrounding tissues from both morphological and functional perspectives. Decrease in adenoid size and increase in need r...

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Main Authors: Avinash Gohilot, Tejashri Pradhan, Kanhoba Mahabaleshwar Keluskar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
Subjects:
Adenoids
airway
UCLP
velum length
VPI
Online Access:http://www.jisppd.com/article.asp?issn=0970-4388;year=2014;volume=32;issue=4;spage=297;epage=303;aulast=Gohilot

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