Objective To assess the association between maternal active cigarette smoking and the risk
of oral clefts in the offspring. Study Design Oral clefts are divided into three subgroups: total …

Objective To investigate a potential delay in dental development in cleft patients compared
with non-cleft patients. Search methods An unlimited electronic search was performed in …

Background: Much of the literature on the epidemiology of cleft lip with or without cleft palate
is more than three decades old. The question arose as to whether there has been any recent …

Significant heterogeneity has previously been reported but with no consensus on the
prevalence of dental anomalies in subjects with a cleft lip and palate (CLP), thus, the …

Objective The aim of the present study was to report the prevalence of cleft lip and palate
(CLP), isolated cleft palate (CP), isolated cleft lip (CL), and median cleft (MC) applied in …

Clinical and epidemiologic studies of defined geographic populations can serve as a means
of establishing data important for the diagnosis, treatment, and counseling of patients with …

Background: Cleft lip and/or palate (CLP) is estimated to occur in 1 out of every 700 births,
but for many people residing in low-and middle-income countries this deformity may be …

Objectives To evaluate the dental and periodontal condition of patients with unilateral cleft
lip and palate (UCLP) before orthodontic treatment and evaluate whether the dental and …

Objective and Design A retrospective investigation was conducted to determine the
prevalence rate of Jordanian children born with oral clefts from 1991 to 2001. Setting …

Background: Children with cleft lip and palate are at risk for psychological problems.
Difficulties in mother–child interactions may be relevant, and could be affected by the timing …