No. of Cases Seen in a Year
- Total Referrals: 50
- Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 12
- Bilateral cleft lip and palate: 4
- Cleft palate only: 16
- Pierre Robin Sequence: 4
Treatment Funded by State for National Residents
- Surgery costs: All
- Speech and Language Therapy costs: Part
- Orthodontic costs: Part
Primary surgical protocol
Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 3 months
Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:
- Timing: 3 months
Cleft Palate Repair:
- Timing: 9 - 12 months
Record collection protocol
Are records routinely collected at specific ages? Yes
Does this conform to WHO recommendations for different cleft types? Yes
Research
Want to particpate in research? yes
Participation in inter-centre studies?
Current Research
| Type(s) of software used: | Excel |
| Participation in other collaborations (projects): | Yes |
| Details of projects: | Smiletrain partner since 2009 |
| Published research papers: | Yes |
| Details of publications: | Russian magazines: “Pediatric Dentistry and Prevention”, “Russian dentistry”, “Bulletin of Peoples’ Friendship University” |
| Research grant funding received: | Yes |
| Details of funding: | Smiletrain grant |
| Willing to share Powerpoint presentations: | Yes |
Clinical research activities interested in being involved in:
| Randomised clinical trials: | Yes |
| Inter-centre comparison of outcome: | Yes |
| Prospective study: | Yes |
Clinical research
Clinical team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Dr. Irina Fomenko Surgeon, MD, associate professor, head of department of pediatric dentistry Volgograd Medical University? Head of Cleft Center
Dr. Elena Filimonova Orthodontist PhD, deputy chief physician