China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ›› 2020, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (3): 255-259.doi: 10.19438/j.cjoms.2020.03.013

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Effect of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate on oral health-related quality of life

ZHANG Wen-jing1, WANG Xia2   

  1. 1. Department of Stomatology, Heze Municipal Hospital. Heze 274000;
    2. National Clinical Drug Testing Institute of Heze Municipal Hospital. Heze 274000, Shandong Province, China
  • Received:2019-09-15 Revised:2020-01-04 Published:2020-06-18

Abstract: PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCL/P) on oral health-related quality of life. METHODS: The clinical data of 90 children with non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate treated from January 2017 to June 2019 were retrospectively analyzed, including 52 cases of cleft lip without cleft palate (cleft lip without cleft palate group) and 38 cases of cleft lip with cleft palate (cleft lip with cleft palate group).Meanwhile, 40 children with oral health who underwent routine oral examination in our hospital in the same period were selected as the control group. Oral health examinations were conducted in all children, questionnaires were used to assess the impact of oral health on daily life. SPSS 22.0 software package was used to analyze the correlation between oral health and quality of daily life. RESULTS: There were significant differences in the number of decay miss fill, tissue health index, caries and LOA ≥6 mm between cleft lip without cleft palate group and cleft lip with cleft palate group (P<0.05), and the scores of those two groups were significantly higher than the control group (P<0.05). The scores of each items and total OIDP scores in cleft lip with cleft palate group were significantly higher than those in cleft lip without cleft palate group (P<0.05), and the sores in cleft lip without cleft palate group was significantly higher than the control group (P<0.05). Spearman correlation analysis showed negative correlation between DMFT, MT and root caries, LOA≥6 mm teeth and OIDP score in cleft lip and palate without cleft palate group and cleft lip with cleft palate group, and a positive correlation between occlusal teethⅠand occlusal teethⅡand OIDP score (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Oral health problems in children with NSCL/P have various impacts on their quality of daily life.

Key words: Non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate, Oral health, Quality of life

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