Medical Articles
Browse our library medical articles about various Cleft Lip & Palate topics.
Grommets or Hearing Aids?
Notes from a talk given at the CLAPA 2002 Annual Meeting (9 November)
By Mr. Tim Mitchell, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Royal Southampton Hospital
Express Feeding a baby with a cleft palate
A resource for expressing mothers comprising
a collection of articles written from first-hand experience
Alveolar Bone Grafting - Why and When?
First printed in CLAPA News issue13, 2001
By Lindsay Winchester, Consultant Orthodontist, Peter Ward Booth, Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon
Ear Problems in Children with Cleft Palates
First printed in CLAPA News issue 12, 2000
By Ken Pearman, Consultant Ear, Nose & Throat Surgeon
Folic Acid in the Prevention of Cleft Lip and Palate
First printed in CLAPA News Issue 12, 2000
By Dr. Alex Habel, Consultant Paediatrician, and Dr. Melissa Lees, Geneticist
The causes of Cleft Lip and Palate: where have we got to with gene research?
First printed in CLAPA News 15, 2003
By Dr Philip Stanier, researcher at Imperial College, London
Stickler Syndrome
First printed in CLAPA News, Issue 11 1999
By Wendy Hughes, Founder of the Stickler Syndrome Support Group
Look after your child's teeth!
The importance of keeping your child's teeth clean can never be over stated
Delayed diagnosis of cleft palate
Results of a study into delayed detection of cleft palate post birth. The study was undertaken by clinicians at Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, and published in 2005
The role of the anaesthetist
An informative article answering questions you might have before your child goes in for an operation
