AUTHOR=Alam Mohammad Khursheed , Alfawzan Ahmed Ali 

TITLE=Dental Characteristics of Different Types of Cleft and Non-cleft Individuals

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

VOLUME=Volume 8 - 2020

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cell-and-developmental-biology/articles/10.3389/fcell.2020.00789

DOI=10.3389/fcell.2020.00789

ISSN=2296-634X

ABSTRACT=Objective: The objective of this study was to compare the novel artificial intelligence-driven lateral cephalometric (Late. Ceph.) analysis of 14 different dental characteristics (DC) among different type of cleft lip and palate (CLP) and non-cleft (NC) individual. 
Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 123 individuals (31=NC, 29=BCLP [Bilateral cleft lip and palate], 41=UCLP [Unilateral cleft lip and palate], 9=UCLA [Unilateral cleft lip and alveolus], and 13=UCL [Unilateral cleft lip]) with an average age of 14.77 years. Demographic details gathered from the clinical records. A novel artificial-intelligence driven Webceph software has been used for the Late. Ceph. analysis. A total of 14 different types of angular and linear DC measurements were analyzed and compared among groups. Two-way ANOVA and multiple comparison statistics tests were applied to see the differences between gender and among different type of CLP versus NC subjects. 
Results: Of the 14 DC tested, no significant gender disparities were found (p > 0.05). In relation to different type of CLP versus NC subjects, 8 over 14 DC were statistically significant (p < 001 to p = 0.03). Six other DC variables show insignificant (p > 0.05) noteworthy alterations in relation to type of CLP.
Conclusion: Based on the results, type of CLP revealed significantly altered DC compared to NC. Among different type of CLP, BCLP exhibit maximum alteration in different DC.