Clinical Study on Prosthodontic Procedure for Patient with Cleft Lip and I or Palate

Part 1 Clinical Statistics on Patient with Cleft Llp and/or Palate for 10 years

Abstract

Statistical analyses were carried out on 444 patients (237 males and 207 females) with cleft lip and/or palate for prosthodontic treatment
The results were as follows:
1. The number of the patien ts with cleft was 444, and it was 25.0% of total patients.
2. Half of the patients was from 16 to 20 years old at their first visit to our c linic.
3. The patietns who were refered from other clinic occupied 87.4% of the pa tients.
4. The patients who were refered from dental clinic occupied 80.9% of th e patients. The patients who were refered from orthodontic clinic occupied 57.7% of the patients.
5. Distributions of cleft type were;
Cleft tip and palate (CLP) 83.1%
Cleft lip and alveolos (CLA) 7.9%
Cleft palate (CP) 9.0%
6. Distributions of cleft site were;
Bilateral cleft 21.3%
Left side cleft 47.8%
Right side cleft 30.9%
7. Sex ratio (ma le: female) were;
Total 1.14: 1
CLA and CLP 1.27: 1
CP 1: 2.64
8. The patients who were finished prosthodontic treatment occupied 62.6% of the patients. The patients whom we refer another clinic after their first visit to our clinic occupied 14.9% of the patients.