Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
*Corresponding e-mail: abeerzwain@yahoo.com
Online published on 13 December, 2018.
To investigate selected salivary properties in children with cleft lip and palate and to compare them with non-cleft children.
The study was conducted in Dentistry College, University of Baghdad and Alwasity and Ghazi Alhareery Teaching Hospitals, Baghdad, Iraq.
A total of 36 children with non-syndromic repaired cleft lip and palate, aged 4 to 10 years, and a total of 37 non-cleft children were investigated for flow rate, pH, total antioxidant, uric acid, and total proteins.
Salivary total antioxidant capacity and total protein were significantly different between cleft lip and palate children and non-cleft children, while for salivary flow rate and total antioxidant were significantly lower in children with cleft lip and palate than in non-cleft children. Concerning pH and uric acid, there were no significant differences.
Some salivary chemical constituents and some physical parameters deviated from the norm in children with cleft lip and palate.
Cleft lip and palate, Salivary flow rate, pH, Total antioxidant, Uric acid, Total proteins
