Cleft Lip and Palate
- Course Code :
ORTH742
- Level :
Postgraduate
- Course Hours :
1.00
Hours
- Entry year :
2024/2025
- Department :
Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine
Aim of the course
To enable the postgraduate student to:
23- To include the embryonic growth & development to understand the clefts.
24- To understand postnatal growth & development of CL&P patients.
25- To understand the Clefts: What & How.
26- To interpret the effect of muscle & muscle molding.
27- The role of Orthodontist.
28- To describe distraction osteogenesis.
29- To interrelate orthodontic treatment and orthognathic.
30- Timing of surgical treatment time of Cl&P patients.
Course Contents
• Craniofacial Growth: Prenatal & Postnatal.
• Facial Defects.
• Postnatal Growth & Development
• Growth of the CLP Face.
• Overview of the Cleft Factors.
• Epidemiology of CL, CP, & CLP.
• Prevalence of Clefts.
• Classifications of CL&P.
• Clefts What and How.
• Muscle and Muscle Molding.
• Diagnostic Consideration.
• The Cleft Palate Team Approach.
• Diagnosis – Determining the Nature of the Problem, to Decide What to Do & When.
• Early Orthodontic Treatment in Complete Cleft- Presurgical & or Postsurgical?
• Pre-Surgical Orthopedic Appliance; The Latham Appliance.
• Presurgical Nasoalveolar Molding in Infants with CL&P.
• Prosthetic Rehabilitation of the Cleft Palate Patient
• Functional – Developmental Reasons for Early Orthodontic treatment in Deciduous Dentition.
• Orthodontic Therapy in the Transitional Stage of Development.
• Maxillary Retrusion & Orthopedics – All Stages of Dental development.
• Secondary Esthetic Procedures.
• Orthognathic Surgery in Cleft Patients.
• Surgical Orthodontic Coordination.
• Velopharyngeal Impairment in the Orthodontic Population.
• Summary of the Best Timing of Surgical
• Treatment for CL & P Patients.
a) Knowledge and understanding
a.1. To manage cases of dentofacial deformities and cleft lip and plate.
b) Intellectual Skills
b.1. Evaluate and interpret the nature of the problem, to decide what to do and when.
b.2. Demonstrate problems in cleft patients.
b.3. Plan orthognathic surgery in cleft patients
b.4. Evaluate problems related to repaired clefts
b.5. Correlate orthodontics with other dental and non-dental professions
c) Professional and Practical Skills
c.1. Perform differential diagnosis of the cleft cases.
c.2. Solve problems both in diagnosis, treatment planning and management of cleft problems.
c.3. Carry out team work that is involved in the handling of these patients.
d) General and transferable skills
c.1. Perform differential diagnosis of the cleft cases.
c.2. Solve problems both in diagnosis, treatment planning and management of cleft problems.
c.3. Carry out team work that is involved in the handling of these patients.
• Lectures (one hour per week).
• Practical demonstrations, case presentations, and discussions.
• Problem based learning.
Teaching and Learning Methods for special needs students
a) Assessment Methods
Oral exam: at the end of the semester.16- Written Exam (MCQ and Essay Questions)
17- Oral Exam (viva cards)
b) Assessment Schedule
Written exam: Final
Oral exam: Final
c) Weighting of Assessment
a) Course Notes
b) Essential Books (Text Books)
• Mitchell L, Carter NE, and Doubleday. An introduction to orthodontics. 2nd edition: 2001: 218-225.
• Subtelny J D. Early orthodontic treatment. Chapter 1; P. 209- 40. Quintessence, 2000.
• Proffit WR, Fields HW. Contemporary orthodontics. Chapter 3 and 8, third edition. Mosby 2000.
c) Recommended Books
• Berkovitz BKB, Holland GR, Moxham BJ. Oral anatomy,
• Histology and embryology. Third edition, Mosby, 2002.
• Bishara S. Textbook of orthodontics. Chapter 1,2, WB Saunders Company, 2001.
d) Scientific periodicals,bulletins,etc...
The latest evidence presented in the orthodontic literature, through searching the data bases and/or hand search in the orthodontic journals.