Publication date: Jun 25, 2025
This study investigates the impact of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on orthodontically associated cleft lip/palate and craniofacial surgeries, focusing on lip repairs, alveolar bone grafting (ABG), and orthognathic surgeries (OGS). A retrospective chart review of 571 participants in a single hospital setting who underwent surgical lip repairs, ABG or OGS was conducted. Clinical data were retrieved from patients’ electronic medical records. The data were used to quantify and compare the number of surgeries and surgical wait times pre-COVID versus post-COVID, using independent t tests and regression models, adjusting for various sociodemographic and clinical variables. The proportion of lip repairs and ABG performed was not significantly different between the pre-COVID and post-COVID (P=0. 90 and 0. 94, respectively); however, OGS significantly decreased post-COVID compared with pre-COVID (P
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Coronavirus | Cleft lip |
| Covid | cleft palate |
| Models | coronavirus |
| Orthognathic | craniofacial surgery |
| Surgical | surgical prioritization |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 Pandemic |
| disease | MESH | Cleft lip |
| disease | MESH | cleft palate |