title: Dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1: From birth to the mixed dentition stage.
abstract: This is the first of two articles looking at dental care for the patient with a cleft lip and palate. Part 1 looks at the needs of the child with a cleft lip and palate from birth through to the mixed dentition stage.
authors.affiliation: Community Unit, Bristol Dental Hospital.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Rivkin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Keith
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Crawford
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Hathorn
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000628:therapy*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000628:therapy*; D003729:Dental Care; D003818:Dentition, Mixed; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D014076:Tooth Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous