Bulletin of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery
ISSN 1829-006X
2025; 268–276
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A CEPHALOMETRIC STUDY OF PARENTAL CRANIOFACIAL PARAMETERS TO DETERMINE THE PREDISPOSITION TO OROFACIAL CLEFTING

Prashanth Nagesh Tavane*, Priyanka Bandhakavi, Shobha Singh, Vinod Rangan, Brunda K, Samiksha Gour

CONSULTANT ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGEON BANGALORE No.1316/B,9th Cross,JP Nagar 2nd Phase,Bangalore-560078 India · Intern, VS Dental college and hospital, Bangalore-560004 India Email ID :[email protected] 3.Head of Department and Professor Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dayananda Sagar collegeof Dental Sciences · Head of Department and Professor Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dayananda Sagar collegeof Dental Sciences–560078 India · Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Dayananda Sagar College of dental sciences, Bangalore–560078 India · Reader Department of Prosthodontics, Dayananda Sagar College of Dental Sciences, Bangalore–560078 India · 6.Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon Denvax clinic Delhi – 110057 India

Received: 2026-04-08 · Published: 2025-06-30

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Originally published in Bulletin of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2025 — https://doi.org/10.58240/1829006X-2025.21.5-268.

Original title
A CEPHALOMETRIC STUDY OF PARENTAL CRANIOFACIAL PARAMETERS TO DETERMINE THE PREDISPOSITION TO OROFACIAL CLEFTING
Authors
Prashanth Nagesh Tavane, Priyanka Bandhakavi, Shobha Singh, Vinod Rangan, Brunda K, Samiksha Gour
Source journal
Bulletin of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery
Published
2025-06-30
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Original
https://doi.org/10.58240/1829006X-2025.21.5-268

Abstract

AIM To determine the craniofacial morphological features of parents of children with oro-facial clefting and to correlate the findings with those of other investigators and to determine if the predisposition of the anomaly is related to craniofacial morphology. Methods and Materials:This study was conducted in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Deralakatte, Mangalore, Karnataka , India with the intention of studying the craniofacial morphology of parents of cleft children and to compare them with that of the control group. The study was conducted from 2001 to 2003. Results:Multivariate discriminant analysis was applied to the data. When fathers of cleft children who were not from the parental pair group were compared to fathers of children without orofacial clefting (control), they were found to have (i) significant reduction in the symphysis area (p=0.025)(ii)Angle SNB was more acute (p=O.045, significant)(iii)Had a greatly reduced mandibular area (p=0.000 vhs)(iv)Reduced maxillary area (p=0.001 vhs)(v)An increased SN length hs) (vi)Cranial base angle was more acute (p=0.002hs). Conclusion:Conducting such a study and understanding these parameters could be valuable in predicting susceptibility to cleft formation. It may also aid in uncovering clues about the development of cleft palate and cleft lip conditions. This could potentially serve as part of a range of tests, including assessments on lateral cephalograms for prospective parents concerned about the likelihood of clefts in their children, enabling healthcare professionals to offer informed guidance.
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