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Craniofacial characteristics in Van der Woude syndrome.

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2022-03-14

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Estévez-Arroyo, Blanca
Gómez-Mendo, Ignacio
Romero-Maroto, Martín
Solano-Reina, Enrique
Iglesias-Linares, Alejandro

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To describe the particular craniofacial characteristics of Van der Woude syndrome(VWS) patients compared to patients with a non-syndromic cleft (CG1) and to a malocclusive healthy population (CG2). Retrospective case-control study. A sample of 110 matched-patients was recruited (VWS (n = 7), CG1 (n = 49), CG2 (n = 49)). Subsequently, 37 radiometric variables were analysed and the dental-skeletal ages were determined. The intra/inter-observer method errors were quantified. Descriptive statistics were computed, and different inferential analysis tests were used depending on the normality of the data (Chi-square test, Fisher's exact test, paired Student's T-test, Mann-Whitney U test) (p-value VW-patients presented specific craniofacial characteristics and morphology. A marked tendency to the vertical growth pattern was found in VW-patients compared to CG1-CG2 (p  VW-patients present particular characteristics in the facial skeletal structures. There is a critical necessity to increase the evidence regarding specific clinical features and orofacial pathology of rare diseases such as VWS, which will help to these minorities to gain access in the future to a better quality of care with precise treatment and diagnostic necessities.

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craniofacial, dental diseases, diagnostics

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