title: Current cleft lip and palate management in the United Kingdom.
abstract: This is a report of a national survey into cleft management which was carried out in the spring of 1988. Responses were received from 45 cleft teams in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. A summary of the results is presented covering aspects of neonatal care, presurgical orthopaedics, primary and secondary surgical procedures and orthodontic management. In a majority of centres treatment management is discussed at interdisciplinary combined clinics. A wide range of timings and techniques is used for both surgical and orthodontic therapy.
authors.affiliation: University Dental Hospital, Manchester.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Asher-McDade
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008722:Methods; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D006113:United Kingdom