[Morphofunctional tongue features revealed by multispiral CT in cleft lip and palate patients].

Tongue structure and position as well as oral cavity volume were analyzed by means of multispiral CT in 82 cleft lip and palate patients and 27 healthy children. The study revealed microglossia and anomalous position and form of the tongue causing tongue tip to be pressed to the incisal part of the lower alveolar bone not exerting physiological impact on the upper alveolar bone. These results confirm the tongue position to be one of the factors for occlusion abnormalities in cleft lip and palate patients.