Oblique lip-alveolar banding in patients with cleft lip and palate

The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
S Naidoo, K-W Bütow

Abstract

We report an oblique lip-alveolar band, a rare banding of soft tissue that involves the lip and alveolus, which we have found in five patients with cleft lip and palate (0.2%), compared with an incidence of the Simonartz lip-lip band of 5.7%). To our knowledge this has not been reported previously. In two patients the bands affected the cleft lip and alveolus bilaterally, with or without the palatal cleft, and in three the bands were unilateral cleft lip and alveolus with or without the palatal cleft.

References

Jan 1, 1991·The Cleft Palate-craniofacial Journal : Official Publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association·G Semb, W C Shaw
Mar 26, 2013·The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery·Hanlie Engelbrecht, Kurt-Wilhelm Bütow

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