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Clinical research

​​research focus

  • Skull morphology in patients with single- and double-sided cleft lip, jaw and palate
  • Studies on the vertical relationship of the cleft segments in patients with cleft lip, jaw and palate compared to physiological conditions in non-cleft patients
  • Longitudinal studies on jaw development by means of three-dimensional model measurement on the reflex microscope: Three-dimensional measurement of upper jaws from infancy to complete milk dentition
  • Cross-sectional studies on jaw development by means of three-dimensional model measurement: Model analysis of jaw development in patients with cleft formations in the jaw-facial area from the alternating dentition phase to the permanent dentition
  • Examination of dentition development on the basis of panoramic layer images in healthy volunteers and patients with cleft lip, jaw and palate during the first and second phase of alternating dentition
  • Cephalometric examination of sagittal and vertical premaxillaposition in patients with double-sided cleft lip, jaw and palate
  • Influence of surgically assisted palate suture dilation on the tooth arch shape of the upper jaw
  • Examinations of post-surgical changes in the facial skull or facial profile after dysgnathia operations
  • Histomorphometric evaluation of connective tissue resection preparations in the field of Gaum cleft formation
  • Histological and enzyme histochemical characterization of muscular structures at the cleft palate in infants with cleft lip, jaw and palate
  • Oral health, HIV and cardiovascular disease
  • Forensic Age Estimation
  • Forensic Odontostomatology
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