Korean J Orthod.  1993 Sep;23(3):319-326.

A study of the frequency of congenital missing and supernumerary teeth in cleft lip and palate patients

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  • 1Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Korea.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the frequency of congenital missing teeth and supernumerary teeth in cleft patients. The subjects were divided into bilateral cleft lip and palate(BCLP), unilateral cleft lip and palate(UCLP) and cleft palate alone(CP alone) groups. 97 cleft patients(BCLP 15, UCLP 70, CP alone 12) between 6-20 years old were evaluated. Panorama film, Orthodontic chart and initial intraoral photogram were employed for this research. The obtained results were as follows. 1. The incidence of congenital missing teeth in total cleft samples was 57.7 %, and the incidence of supernumerary teeth was 26.8 %. Each incidence was higher than non-cleft. 2. The incidence of congenital missing teeth was the highest in BCLP and the lowest in CP alone. 3. The number of congenital missing teeth per perso was usually one, and the frequency was higher in the maxilary lateral incisors(67.8 %), and maxillary second premolar(14.9 %) than other teeth. 4. Most of tooth number anomalies in cleft patients were found in maxilla, especially adjacent region to the cleft site.

Keyword

cleft lip and palate; congenital missing teeth; supernumerary teeth

MeSH Terms

Cleft Lip*
Cleft Palate
Humans
Incidence
Maxilla
Palate*
Tooth
Tooth, Supernumerary*
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