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No. of Cases Seen in a Year

• Total Referrals: 8
• Unilateral cleft lip and palate: 2
• Cleft palate only: 6

Treatment Funded by State for National Residents

• Surgery costs: All
• Speech and Language Therapy costs: All
• Orthodontic costs: All

Primary surgical protocol

Cleft Lip Repair:

• Timing: 3 months
• Type of operation: Modified Millard repair

Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair:

• Timing: 3 months
• Type of operation: Straight line closure

Cleft Palate Repair:

• Timing: 6 months
• Type of operation: Veau-Wardill-Kilner repai

Record collection protocol

Are records routinely collected at specific ages? No

Does this conform to WHO recommendations for different cleft types? No

Research

Want to particpate in research? yes

Participation in inter-centre studies?

Current Research

Clinical research activities interested in being involved in:

DNA collection:

Yes

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Clinical research

Clinical team members who are or would like to be involved in clinical research:
Member details: Simon Camilleri - Orthodontics - Prevalence of craniofacial anomalies

Potential laboratory based research activities

Laboratory based research activities interested in being involved in:
Laboratory genetics/genomics research: Yes
Animal models research: Yes