Protraction Headgear Compliance and Orthognathic Surgery in Patients With Cleft Lip and Palate

Objective Assess cephalometric parameters and the need for orthognathic surgery (OS) and its relationship with compliance in protraction headgear (PHG). Design Retrospective case series. Setting Hospital cleft-craniofacial center. Patients 23 patients with nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate and history of lip and palate repair. Interventions: Patients received PHG and orthodontic treatment. Compliant patients were compared to patients that were not. Protraction was applied with 170-gram elastics and patients were instructed to wear for at least 12 hours daily. Main outcome measures Cephalometric measurements at initial (T1), post-PHG (T2), and pre-surgical or post-orthodontic treatment (T3) of at least age 15 for females and 17 for males and the presence of OS were compared. Results 83% (19) of patients reported compliance with therapy. Of those compliant, 68% (13) had OS and 32% (6) did not (P = .99). Inter-group comparisons at T1 between compliant and noncompliant showed no significant differences and the non-OS patients started with larger nasolabial angles (P