PURPOSE: investigate the existence of dysfunctional temporomandibular disorders, and as a predisposing factor to investigate tubal dysfunction in patients with cleft palate. METHOD: 10 individuals (20 temporomandibular joints), operated of cleft palate had been evaluated, that were in treatment in the Clinical Center of Fonoaudiologia of the PUC-MG, with age varying between 8 and 18 years, of both gender, and that they presented history of middle otitis in first infancy. The same ones had been submitted to the meatoscopia, imitanciometria, research of the tube function, examination of feel of the face muscle and examinations of image (x-rays transcraniana in 6 positions and AP of Town). Being compared for the Accurate Test of Fisher (p<0,05). RESULTS: it was observed that the majority of the sample presented of auditory tube dysfunction, when analyzed for the test of the tube function corresponding 80% of the total. In relation to the joint to temporomandibular nine individuals (90%) they had not presented dysfunction and only one individual (10%) got, observed in the examinations of image, presence at the back of condyle process of the left side. CONCLUSIONS: as preliminary data, when analyzing the temporomandibular joint dysfunction and its correlation with auditory tube, the Accurate Test of Fisher did not find resulted significant, evidencing that the joint to temporomandibular of the cleft palate patients, does not suffer alterations proceeding from the inefficient functioning from auditory tube.
Cleft Palate; Otitis Media; Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction Syndrome; Eustachian Tube
