Objective

To evaluate cephalometrically the craniofacial and pharyngeal morphology in 7-year-old boys with unoperated submucous cleft palate and to compare the findings with the morphology of 7-year-old boys without clefts.

Setting and Patients

Thirty-two boys with unoperated submucous cleft palate and 49 boys without a cleft were compared retrospectively from lateral cephalograms taken at the mean age of 7 years (range, 5.5 to 8.6 years).

Design

A retrospective case-control study.

Outcome Measure

Linear and angular measurements were obtained from lateral cephalograms. A Student’s t test was used in the statistical analysis.

Results