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Cleft lip and cleft palate caused problems in esthetic, swallowing, and spelling. This present case was a case of a four year old girl referred to Department of Pediatric Dentistry Universitas Indonesia after having a labioplasty. She was received an obturator and a denture. The obturator was aimed to close the cleft in the palate while the denture was aimed to correct the alveolar and lip contour. It was revealed that a team was required to manage this case especially during the period of dental and facial growth and the parent played an important role in maintaining oral hygiene and diet control.DOI: 10.14693/jdi.v15i3.31

The purpose of this study was to observe the correlation between duration of bottle feeding and dental arch measurement in deciduous dentition. Duration of bottle feeding was divided into 4 groups: ≤ 24 months, 25 – 36 months, 37 – 48 months, and > 48 months. The subjects were 120 kindergarten pupils, aged 3 – 5 years old. Measurements was done on the models of maxilla and mandible with digital caliper for the width and length of dental arch and using flexible curve for dental arch circumference. Pearson correlation showed a weak association for anterior arch width (r=0.206), posterior arch width (r=0.195), and anterior circumference (r=0.206) of maxilla and posterior arch width (r=0.279), anterior circumference (r=0.226) of mandible. One-way Anova was performed to analyze the differences of dental arch measurements among duration of bottle-feeding groups. The results showed that there were significant differences of dental arch measurements for anterior arch width of maxilla, posterior arch width of mandible, and anterior circumference of mandible (p