Dental arch relationships assessed by GOSLON Yardstick in children with clefts in Northern Finland

作者：Harila V^*; Ylikontiola L P; Sandor G K

来源：European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 2014, 15(4): 389-391.

• Cleft lip and/or palate
• Dental arch relationships
• GOSLON Yardstick

Aim Our purpose was to evaluate the dental arch relationships using the GOSLON Yardstick in children with cleft lip and or cleft palate in Northern Finland. %26lt;br%26gt;Materials and methods The subjects consisted of 62 Finnish patients (36 girls and 26 boys) with clefts born between 1995-2005 in the Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District of Finland. There were 36 patients with cleft palate, 9 with unilateral cleft lip and palate, 6 with cleft in soft palate, 5 with bilateral cleft lip and palate, 2 with cleft lip and 4 with submucous clefts. The study casts were obtained at the mean age of 6.3 years (5.8-7.8 years) and the cases were selected randomly. The dental arch relationships were assessed by the GOSLON Yardstick method by one calibrated researcher. %26lt;br%26gt;Results After the assessment, 77.1% of cases were allocated to categories 1 and 2 (excellent and good), 10.4% category 3 (fair), and 12.5% categories 4 and 5 (poor and very poor). Patients with cleft palate had good prognosis in 84.6% of the cases. Of the patients with soft palate clefts and unilateral cleft lip and palate, 66.7% were allocated to categories 1 and 2. Bilateral cleft lip and palate patients had the poorest prognosis. Patients with submucous cleft and cleft lip had all good prognosis. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusion The GOSLON Yardstick is a useful method for assessing dental arch relationships and treatment prognosis not only in cleft lip and palate patients, but also in cleft palate patients.

• 出版日期2014