Cleft Lip and Palate
- Course Code :
ORTH742
- Level :
Postgraduate
- Course Hours :
1.00
Hours
- Entry year :
2025/2026
- Department :
Faculty of Oral & Dental Medicine
Aim of the course
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.
• Lectures (one hour per week).
• Practical demonstrations, case presentations, and discussions.
• Problem based learning.
Teaching and Learning Methods for special needs students
a) Course Notes
b) Essential Books (Text Books)
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.