Cleft Lip and Palate (Redford) Flashcards
What is the most common craniofacial anomaly requiring complex orthodontic intervention(?
Cleft lip and palate
Cleft lip and palate is most common in what racial demographic?
Native Americans
What is the order of prevelance racially for cleft lip and palate (CLP) occurrence?
- Native Americans (most)
- Asians (2nd)
- Caucasians (3rd)
- African-Americans (4th)
What is the rate of occurrence of CLP in Native Americans?
1:280
What is the rate of occurrence of CLP in Asians?
1:425
What is the rate of occurrence of CLP in Caucasians?
1:700
What is the rate of occurrence of CLP in African-Americans?
1:1700
What gender is more prone to CLP?
Males
If CLP is unilateral, it more commonly occurs on which sid?
Left
If CLP is bilateral, on which side is it more severe?
Left
What is the most significant etiology for clefts (found in 20-30% of patients with CLP)?
Heredity
What are 4 possible teratogens linked to CLP?
- Steroids
- Amphetamines
- Anticonvulsants
- Alcohol (Fetal Alcohold Syndrome)
What are 2 environmental factors linked to CLP?
- Radiation
2. Hypoxia
If a parent has a child with a cleft, what is the percent risk subsequent children will also have a cleft?
2-4%
If more than one child in a family has a cleft, what is the risk that those siblings, when they have children, will have children with clefts?
5-6%
What gender child increases their siblings’ risk for having children with clefts?
If the sibling with a cleft is female
Increased age of which: (maternal or paternal?) age is associated with increased frisk for cleft?
Increased paternal age
What is risk of child having children with cleft if their parent and sibling had clefts?
17%
What results from the failure of fusion of the medial nasal process with the maxillary process?
Cleft lip
When does the medial nasal process fuse with the maxillary process during gestation?
6 weeks
What results from the failure of the palatine shelves to fuse with each other, with the nasal septum or with the primary palate?
Cleft palate