Department of Child Dental Health, Faculty of Dentistry, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria.
Dental Surgery Department, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria Nigeria.
West Afr J Med. 2021 Jan;38(1):3-7.
Orofacial clefts are the most common orofacial congenital malformations and dental anomalies are more prevalent in such individuals.
To assess the frequency and distribution of orofacial clefts and associated dental anomalies in a group of patients with orofacial clefts.
A retrospective study involving the assessment of dental records of orofacial cleft patients who had their surgical repair at a health institution between March, 2013 and December, 2019. Their socio demographic characteristics, type of cleft, type of dental anomaly observed, teeth affected and number of teeth affected were reviewed. The records were analysed using IBM SPSS, version 21 and Chi square test to compare differences between groups while the level of significance was set at P < 0.05.
A total number of 62 records were studied. More than half were males 36(58.1%) with a mean age of 16 (+ 15.6) years. The most frequent type of cleft was unilateral cleft lip (64.5%), majority had their cleft (65.3%) and dental anomalies (80.7%) on the left side of the face (p=0.001). The most frequently recorded dental anomaly was hypodontia/missing teeth (62.9%) and there was a significant relationship between tooth rotations and cleft lip.
Unilateral left cleft lip was the most prevalent. Hypodontia/missing teeth was the most common dental anomaly among the study group. Tooth rotations were seen more in patients with cleft of the lip (CL). Individuals with orofacial cleft requires holistic health care so as to improve their quality of life.
唇腭裂是最常见的口腔颌面部先天畸形，此类患者中更常出现牙齿异常。
评估一组唇腭裂患者的口腔颌面裂和相关牙齿异常的频率和分布。
回顾性研究，评估 2013 年 3 月至 2019 年 12 月在医疗机构接受唇腭裂手术修复的唇腭裂患者的牙科记录。评估患者的社会人口学特征、唇裂类型、观察到的牙齿异常类型、受影响的牙齿和受影响的牙齿数量。使用 IBM SPSS 版本 21 分析记录，并使用卡方检验比较组间差异，显著性水平设为 P<0.05。
共研究了 62 份记录。超过一半为男性 36（58.1%），平均年龄为 16（+15.6）岁。最常见的唇裂类型是单侧唇裂（64.5%），大多数患者的唇裂（65.3%）和牙齿异常（80.7%）发生在左侧（p=0.001）。最常记录的牙齿异常是先天性缺牙/少牙（62.9%），唇裂与牙齿旋转之间存在显著关系。
单侧左侧唇裂最为常见。先天性缺牙/少牙是研究组中最常见的牙齿异常。唇裂患者中更常见牙齿旋转。唇腭裂患者需要全面的医疗保健，以提高生活质量。
