Frequency of Cleft Uvula and Submucous Cleft Palate in Patients with Down's Syndrome

1 July 1974

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Dental Research

Vol. 53 (4) , 840-843
https://doi.org/10.1177/00220345740530041301

Abstract

Of 389 patients with Down's syndrome, 18 exhibited bifid uvula (4.63%) and 3 exhibited submucous cleft palate (0.77%). The hypothesis that cleft uvula and submucous cleft palate are micromanifestations of the more severe isolated cleft palate seems to be correct.

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