Abstract
Objective: To investigate the reliability of using photographs of study casts as an alternative to casts for rating dental arch relationships.
Design: Repeated-measures study. Setting: Cleft Palate Center of the University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Patients: Records of children with complete unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) (n = 49) at the age of 9 years were included.
Mean Outcome Measure(s): Statistics of intra- and interexaminer agreement.
Results: No significant differences were found between the rating of dental casts and photographs of dental casts, using the Gosion Yardstick.
Conclusions: Photographs of dental casts provide a consistent, reproducible method for rating dental arch relationships in patients with UCLP at the age of 9 years and provide a reliable alternative to the application of the Goslon Yardstick on dental casts.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 646-650 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov-2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- cleft palate
- dental occlusion
- Goslon Yardstick
- malocclusion
- treatment outcome
- GOSLON YARDSTICK
- CHILDREN