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Variations in Nasopharyngeal Skeletal Architecture

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Cephalometric and nasopharyngoscopic studies have shown wide and unpredictable variability in the pharyngeal skeletal architecture and velar size and shape in all cleft types.

Cleft palate is a type of defect that can be “seen, felt, and heard.” By contrast, the defect known as congenital palatal insufficiency (CPI), until recently, has been more readily heard than or seen or felt. This anomaly is seldom apparent at birth, and the first awareness of the defect occurs when the child develops the hypernasality characteristic of uncorrected cleft palate speech and nasal air emission. The nasopharyngeal space is highly variable in all dimensions due to the conditions of the spine and cranial base.

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  1. Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, USA

    Samuel Berkowitz DDS, M.S., FICD (Adjunct Professor)

  2. South Florida Cleft Palate Clinic, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Samuel Berkowitz DDS, M.S., FICD (Clinical Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics (Ret), Director of Research (Ret)

  3. Craniofacial Anomalies Program, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

    Samuel Berkowitz DDS, M.S., FICD (Consultant (Ret)

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Berkowitz, S., Berkowitz, S., Berkowitz, S. (2013). Variations in Nasopharyngeal Skeletal Architecture. In: Berkowitz, S. (eds) Cleft Lip and Palate. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30770-6_33

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