Background Cleft lip and palate are the most common developmental anomalies that affect
the mouth and related structures. They can both affect children physiologically, socially, and …

Cleft lip and palate deformities substantially burden individuals and families, particularly in
low‐income communities. However, a comprehensive understanding of the patterns and …

Objective: Maintaining and improving patients' quality of life (QOL) are regarded as the most
important aims in health-care systems. These are directly associated with intervention of …

Background: The goals of this study were to delineate the protocols employed for managing
patients with cleft lip and palate deformities, delineate the challenges facing practitioners …

Classical descriptive epidemiology in the field of cleft lip and palate aims to quantify the
problem, and in the higher income countries it is possible to do this with varying degrees of …

Background: From diagnosis through to adulthood, a cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) poses a
number of challenges for those affected. Alongside the care provided by clinical teams …

In the UK around a thousand children are born annually with a cleft lip and/or palate that
requires treatment. In the last decade services have been centralised in the UK reducing the …

Introduction Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) affects 1 in 700 live births globally. Children born
with CL/P and their families face various challenges throughout the child's development …

Background: Cleft lip/palate (CLP) is a congenital orofacial anomaly appearing in
approximately one in 700 births worldwide. While in high-income countries CLP is normally …

Background/Aims Despite published standards of care, inequities and variations in
specialist care delivery in the UK have been identified. Using cleft lip and palate services as …