Summary
A total of 207 cases have been studied for assessing the velopharyngeal dimensions
by cephalometry. Of these 106 individuals with normal speech served as a baseline
with whom 101 cases of cleft palate were compared to assess the lengths of the hard
palate, the axial length of the soft palate and the nasopharyngeal depth.
Importance of cephalometry as an investigation to assess the anatomy, speech pathology
and for suggsting appropriate surgery have been discussed.
At the end I would like to thank all those people who helped me complete this paper
for presentation. Mr. S. Ghosh and Mr. Prabir Dey without whose cooperation the X-rays
would not have been possible.
