Columellar-Frenulum Angle - A Significant Clinical Parameter in Assessing the Degree of Severity in XXXX .

@entity1 @entity2419 @entity3384
OBJECTIVES:     The study was carried out to learn if the columellar-frenulum angle could be used as one of the most important anthropometric measurements to predict the clinical severity in @entity3384 @entity1 . SETTINGS AND DESIGN:     This is a prospective case series conducted at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. METHODS AND MATERIAL:     The study was based on the Thomson and Reinders criteria (1995), and various anthropometric measurements, including the columellar-frenulum angle, were measured. A total of 30 @entity1 (21 @entity1 and 9 @entity1 ) were included in the study. The ages of the @entity1 varied from 4 months to 15 years. The left side was affected in 18 @entity1 , and 2 gave a significant positive family history. All the @entity1 were subjected uniformly to @entity3384 repair. @entity1 with strictly @entity3384 were included in the study. @entity2419 , incomplete @entity3384 , and bilateral clefts were excluded from the study. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS:     The data was analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. RESULTS:     The CF angle correlated negatively with the soft tissue defect of the cleft, cutaneous lip length, and vermilion lip length discrepancies from normal and soft tissue width just behind the alveolus. CONCLUSIONS:     CF angle promises to offer a method by which prognosis of clefts can be predicted in terms of its severity in @entity1 with @entity3384 .
