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Research Paper | Medicine and Dentistry | Indonesia | Volume 7 Issue 10, October 2018

Characteristic Overview of Sociodemographic Patient with Cleft Lip and Palate in the Cleft Centre of Dental Hospital Universitas Padjadjaran, West Java Province Indonesia

Heinz Frick | Lucky Riawan ^[5] | Harmas Yazid ^[13]

Abstract: Sociodemographic characteristics describe the demographical aspect of patient with cleft lip and palate. The aim of the current study was to reveal sociodemographic characteristics of cleft lip and palate patients in the Cleft Centre of Dental Hospital Universitas Padjadjaran, West Java Province Indonesia. The records and questionnaires of total 143 patients treated between 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 at the Cleft Centre of Dental hospital Universitas Padjadjaran were assessed on a retrospective basis. Data regarding cleft type, sex and side of cleft, age, gender, income, occupation, and area of living were colected and analyzed. Cleft lip and palate (53.8 %) was most frequently found, followed by cleft lip only (35.7 %) and cleft palate only (10.48 %). The distribution of Cleft lip and palate types differed significantly between rural and urban population with the frequency of cleft lip being higher in urban but that of cleft lip and palate higher in the rural population (p

Keywords: cleft lip and/or cleft palate, sociodemographic

Edition: Volume 7 Issue 10, October 2018,

Pages: 397 - 400