KROK 1 Stomatology 2013 – Question 6 · KROK (Dentistry)
The operative dentistry department admitted a newborn girl who choked during sucking. Examination revealed cleft palate arising from non-union of the middle frontal process and maxillary process of the I-st branchial arch. The cleft was located in the palate between:
- A. Processus palatinus maxillae et lamina horizontalis os palatinum
- B. In the region of canalis incisivus
- C. Processus palatinus maxillae dextrae et sinistrae
- D. Lamina horizontalis os palatinum dextrum et sinistrum
- E. Os incisivum et processus palatinus maxillae
Hint
Consider which part of the definitive palate develops from the medial nasal (frontal) process and where it meets tissue derived from the maxillary process.
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