Abstract
The purpose of this paper was to investigate physical development and growth pattern of cleft lip and / or palate (CLP) children.
The subjects were 84 c left lip and / or palate patients (45 boys and 39 girls) under the care of the Cleft Palate Team of Tohoku University, Dental Hospital.
The height of patients was measured at 6 mont h intervals and hand and wrist roentogenographs were taken at 1 or 2 year intervals for more than 6 years. (ranging from 6 to 15 years)
Height, skeletal maturity and period of beginning of menarche of CLP children were compared with normal children.
1. The height and growth pattern of CLP children were almost same as the average of Japanese normal children from 6 months to 14 years. The maximum (greatest) puberal growth o ccurred at 13 year in CLP boys and at 11 year in CLP girls.
2. No difference between chronological age and skeletal age of CLP children was found with Sugiura's method.
3. The menarche of CLP girls occurred at the mean age 12 years and 10 months.
4. It is suggested by these results that physical development and growth pattern were not djfferent between CLP children and normal children.
