title: Cleft lip and palate care in the United Kingdom--the Clinical Standards Advisory Group (CSAG) Study. Part 1: background and methodology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the history of cleft care in the United Kingdom and the rationale and methodology of a national study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive overview to introduce this series of papers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty National Health Service cleft teams.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two age cohorts, 5-year-olds and 12-year-olds, with nonsyndromic complete unilateral cleft lip and palate and their parents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Facial development and appearance, quality of bone grafts, speech, oral health and patient/parent satisfaction.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The case for a national assessment of cleft care is made. The methodology of the cross-sectional outcome study is described, together with a survey of training for recently appointed clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Dental Health, University of Bristol Dental School, England. jonathan.sandy@bris.ac.uk
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sandy
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bearn
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mildinhall
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sell
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D002508:Cephalometry; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000145:classification; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008445:Maxillofacial Development / Q000502:physiology; D003765:Models, Dental; D016155:Oral Fistula / Q000145:classification; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010781:Photography; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom