Temiz, MustafaDuman, Şuayip BurakBayrakdar, İbrahim ŞevkiSyed, Ali Z.Eser, GözdeÇelik Özen, DuyguGedik, Hatice TuğçeUğurlu, MehmetJagtap, Rohan2023-03-142023-03-142023Temiz, M., Duman, Ş. B., Bayrakdar, İ. Ş., Syed, A. Z., Eser, G., Çelik Özen, D. ... Jagtap, R. (2023). Nasopharynx evaluation in children of unilateral cleft palate patients and normal with cone beam computed tomography. Science Progress, 106(1), 1-11. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/003685042311571460036-85042047-7163https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00368504231157146https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12511/10613OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine the morphological characteristics of the nasopharynx in unilateral Cleft lip/palate (CL/P) children and non-cleft children using cone beam computed tomography (CBCT). METHODS: A retrospective study consisted of 54 patients, of which 27 patients were unilateral CL/P, remaining 27 patients have no CL/P. Eustachian tubes orifice (ET), Rosenmuller fossa (RF) depth, presence of pharyngeal bursa (PB), the distance of posterior nasal spine (PNS)-pharynx posterior wall were quantitatively evaluated. RESULTS: The main effect of the CL/P groups was found to be effective on RF depth-right (p < 0.001) and RF depth-left (p?<?0.001). The interaction effect of gender and CL/P groups was not influential on measurements. The cleft-side main effect was found to be effective on RF depth-left (p?<?0.001) and RF depth-right (p??=??0002). There was no statistically significant relationship between CL/P groups and the presence of bursa pharyngea. CONCLUSIONS: Because it is the most common site of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), the anatomy of the nasopharynx should be well known in the early diagnosis of NPC.enAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessNasopharyngeal CarcinomaRosenmuller FossaCone Beam Computed TomographyCleft Lip and PalateDentistryArticle106111110.1177/00368504231157146Q30009421165000012-s2.0-8514915344636855800Q2