## 3 Results  
A total of 154 individuals with clefts and 151 individuals without facial deformities were included in the study. The mean age of the cleft patients was 13.18 years, while the mean age of the healthy individuals was 13.44 years. Tables 2-5 present the occurrence of numerical (hypodontia and hyperdontia) and anatomical (malformed teeth, microdontia, and impacted teeth) dental anomalies in the four examined groups. The percentages were counted from the actual number of the present teeth--if one was missing, the total number of the examined teeth was decreased by one. Tables 2 and 3 refer to the male group, while Tables 4 and 5 refer to the female group. In male patients with a unilateral cleft, the most common deformities were observed in the lateral incisor of the cleft side, which contributed to the majority of the observed asymmetries. Hypodontia was the most prevalent issue, with the lateral incisor missing in 35.29% of individuals in the L-CLP group and 43.5% in the R-CLP group. Anatomical malformation affected over 90% of the present lateral incisors in both groups. Similar to unilateral clefts, patients with bilateral clefts also exhibited quantity and quality deformities primarily in the lateral incisor region of the maxilla. Interestingly, left-sided hypodontia was observed nearly twice as often as right-sided hypodontia. Additionally, in the BCLP group, hyperdontia was more frequent in the lateral incisor region. In contrast to the cleft group, the individuals without the congenital disease exhibited only one dental anomaly, which was hyperdontia of the lateral incisor. This finding was presented in Table 3. Among the male patients without clefts, none of them experienced canine impaction or deformations of the anatomical features of any teeth. The results indicate that asymmetries in quality and quantity are observed much more frequently among male patients with clefts compared to those without congenital anomalies. Similar to the male group, among females, dental anomalies primarily affected the lateral incisor of the clefted side. Hypodontia of this tooth was twice as frequent as on the contralateral side of the dental arch. When discussing the occurrence of quantity and quality dental anomalies in females with BCLP, it was found that, unlike other groups, the most common maxillary dental problem was microdontia of the lateral incisor. Hyperdontia of the lateral incisor was more frequently observed on the left side, while hypodontia was more prevalent on the right side. Generally, the observations of asymmetries between the sexes were similar, with the majority of numerical malformations occurring on the cleft side. Interestingly, hypodontia of the lateral incisor was twice as common in healthy females compared to males. Overall, the situation in the group of males and females without clefts was similar. Dental anomalies in the frontal region of the maxilla were less frequently observed compared to the group of patients with clefts. Among females without clefts, no additional or microdontic teeth were observed, and hypodontia affected only around 5% of the lateral incisors in this group. Canine impaction was more frequent on the right side in two females.