Variability in palatal shape and size in patients with bilateral complete cleft lip and palate assessed using dense surface model construction and 3D geometric morphometrics.

Bilateral complete cleft lip and palate (BCLP) is the most severe of the common orofacial clefts and is associated with the greatest deformity during development. The aim of this study was to use geometric morphometrics to evaluate palatal shape and size variability in patients with BCLP in comparison to nonclefted Czech boys. The variability of palatal size and shape in BCLP patients was greater when compared with the nonclefted population.

The health status of the early medieval population of Greater Moravia in relations to social and economic structures.

The Greater Moravian Empire (9th-10th century AD) was the first early state formation of the Slavonic populations in Central Europe. The focus of this research is the comparative assessment of the health status of three cemeteries of different socio-economic status in the area surrounding the Mikulcice castle. We have compared about 850 skeletons from (1) the castle cemetery and (2) non-castle cemeteries in Mikulcice and (3) a cemetery from the poor village of Josefov located eight kilometres from Mikulcice.

Three-dimensional morphology of the palate in patients with bilateral complete cleft lip and palate at the stage of permanent dentition.

Objective: Three-dimensional analysis of palate size and shape in 30 patients with complete bilateral cleft lip and palate (BCLPc) at the stage of permanent dentition.

Design: Cross-sectional study based on laser scanning.

Subjects: Thirty dental casts of boys approximately 15 years old with BCLPc and 28 dental casts of healthy boys of the same age.

Three-dimensional morphology of the palate in subjects with unilateral complete cleft lip and palate at the stage of permanent dentition.

Objective: Three-dimensional analysis of palate size and shape in patients with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) at the stage of permanent dentition.

Subjects: Thirty randomly selected dental casts of boys approximately 15 years old with complete UCLP and 28 dental casts of normal boys of the same age.

Interventions: All patients underwent lip repair according to Tennison with primary periosteoplasty (mean age 8.

Three-dimensional analysis of maxillary dental casts using Fourier transform profilometry: precision and reliability of the measurement.

Objective: Fourier transform profilometry was used for the three-dimensional measurement of maxillary dental casts to analyze the size and shape of the palate. The objective of this study was to test the accuracy of the measuring system and determine the precision and reliability of the measurement

Methods: Images of dental casts were analyzed using newly developed measuring software. Based on five landmarks located on the alveolar ridge, the measuring software constructed 10 transversal sections of the palate.

Three-dimensional morphology of the palate in subjects with isolated cleft palate at the stage of permanent dentition.

Objective: Three-dimensional analysis of palate size and shape in patients with isolated cleft palate at the stage of permanent dentition.

Design: Cross-sectional study using Fourier transform profilometry.

Subjects: Twenty-nine randomly selected dental casts of approximately 15-year-old boys with isolated cleft palate and 28 dental casts of normal boys of the same age.