Čes. stomatol. Prakt. zub. lék. (Czech Dental Journal) 2005; 105(5): 100-107
Computing Control of the Shape of Dental Arch in Patients with Cleft Palate
- 1 Stomatologická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha, přednosta prof. MUDr. J. Mazánek, DrSc.
- 2 Ústav experimentální medicíny AV ČR, Praha
- 3 Klinika plastické chirurgie FNKV, Praha, přednosta doc. MUDr. M. Tvrdek
- 4 Centrum strojového vnímání, katedra kybernetiky FE ČVUT, Praha vedoucí katedry prof. ing. V. Hlaváč, CSc.
The aim of the work was to evaluate the shape and dimension of upper and lower arch in patients with cleft palate after a surgical-orthodontic therapy. We also compared these results with values measured in a randomly selected sample of a young adult population and patients with orthodontic anomaly without cleft palate before the treatment, immediately after therapy and after a lapse of time of 5 years. The measurement employed the Orthoscope apparatus and computing analysis of the image. It has been demonstrated that in patients with orthodontic anomalies and orofacial cleft palate, modern orthodontic therapy is capable of enlarging the upper dental arch to values, which are considered as standard and to create optimal conditions for subsequent prosthetic therapy, if necessary.
Keywords: stomatology; orthodontia; prosthetics; cleft palate
Published: December 1, 2005 Show citation
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