Patient Education
Cleft Care Guides
Honest, evidence-based guides to cleft lip and palate care. Each explains the problem, who is involved and when, what the intervention can and cannot achieve, and the risks worth knowing.
All Guides
11 cleft care guides
- Cleft Lip and Palate ExplainedUnderstanding Cleft
- The Cleft Team and the Sequence of CareThe Team
- Cleft Lip Repair: Timing and What the First Operation AchievesCleft Lip Repair
- Cleft Palate Repair: Balancing Speech, Feeding and AirwayCleft Palate Repair
- Feeding a Baby With a Cleft: Before and After RepairFeeding
- Hearing and Ear Problems in Cleft PalateHearing
- Speech After Palate RepairSpeech
- Alveolar Bone Grafting: Giving the Gum Its BoneBone Grafting
- Secondary Cleft Lip Revision and the Cleft Nasal DeformityRevision
- Dental and Orthodontic Care Across the Cleft JourneyDental Care
- Adult Cleft Care: What Can Still Be Improved LaterAdult Care
Ready to talk about your child’s cleft care?
Reach out for an assessment. We will look at feeding, hearing, speech, teeth and growth together, explain what each stage can and cannot achieve, and plan the sequence with you.