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Oral Radiology
Published in: Oral Radiology 2/2024

06-01-2024 | Cleft Lip and Palate | Original Article

The evaluation of superior semicircular canal in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate using CBCT

Authors: Hazal Duyan Yüksel, Damla Soydan Çabuk, Aykağan Coşgunarslan

Published in: Oral Radiology | Issue 2/2024

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Abstract

Objectives

The present study aims to evaluate the thickness and radiological patterns of the superior semicircular canal (SSC) in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (CL/P).

Methods

Cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images of the patients were evaluated in axial and Pöschl planes. CBCT images of 84 patients with unilateral CL/P and 168 healthy individual controls were included in the study. Three study groups were established: the CS–CL/P group (cleft side temporal bones of the CL/P patients), NCS–CL/P (non-cleft side temporal bones of the CL/P patients) and the control group. The radiological patterns of SSCs were categorized as dehiscence, papyraceous, normal, pneumatised and thick. The minimum bone thickness of SSC was measured.

Results

It was found that the CS–CL/P group had a higher prevalence for SSCD compared to both the NCS–CL/P group and the control group. CS–CL/P group had a higher prevalence of dehiscence type and papyraceous type compared to the control group. The SSC thickness on the CS–CL/P patients was thinner than the NCS–CL/P patients and the control group sides (p = 0.033 and p < 0.001, respectively).

Conclusions

The mean thickness of SSC was found significantly lower in the CS–CL/P group compared to both the NCS–CL/P group and the control group. The elevated prevalence of dehiscence and papyraceous types in the CS–C/LP group compared to the control group implies that the presence of a cleft may be a predisposing factor for these types.
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Metadata
Title
The evaluation of superior semicircular canal in patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate using CBCT
Authors
Hazal Duyan Yüksel
Damla Soydan Çabuk
Aykağan Coşgunarslan
Publication date
06-01-2024
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Published in
Oral Radiology / Issue 2/2024
Print ISSN: 0911-6028
Electronic ISSN: 1613-9674
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11282-023-00733-3

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