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Cleft lip; cleft palate; malocclusion; Dental Aesthetic Index
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Evaluation Of Malocclusion Severity In Egyptian Children Having Cleft Lip And/Or Palate, Ramia Abd El-Rehim, Eatimad Shoreibah, Mohamed Mostafa
Evaluation Of Malocclusion Severity In Egyptian Children Having Cleft Lip And/Or Palate, Ramia Abd El-Rehim, Eatimad Shoreibah, Mohamed Mostafa
Al-Azhar Journal of Dentistry
Objectives: evaluate malocclusion severity in Egyptian children having cleft lip and/ or palate. Material and Methods: A sample of 100 Egyptian children. Fifty children representing the cleft lip and /or palate (Group I) and another fifty childrenfree from any systemic disease representing the control group (Group II). Both sexes male and female were included with age ranged from (4 – 15 Years). Each child had subjected to personal data, medical history, assessment of oral health knowledge, attitudes towards dental care, oral health assessment and statistical analysis using SPSS 17. Results: 11 patients (22%) had definite malocclusion, 15 patients (30%) had …