New Insights into Global Cleft Care: Reproducible Solutions for Intractable Challenges
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Dentistry, Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 89
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cleft lip and palate; outreach medical programs; global health
Interests: cleft lip and palate; craniofacial surgery; orthognathic surgery; global health
2. Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, Nashville, TN, USA
Interests: cleft lip and palate; congenital facial differences; craniomaxillofacial surgery; craniosynostosis; microtia; orthognathic surgery; temporomandibular joint dysfunction; rhinoplasty; nasal reconstruction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As we strive to increase the quality of orofacial cleft treatment on the global stage, the search for ways to provide the full spectrum of care continues. While cheiloplasty, primary rhinoplasty and palatoplasty are commonly performed in all socioeconomic sectors worldwide, many other critical surgical and interdisciplinary elements of orofacial cleft care (dental, orthodontic, speech, nutrition, feeding and psychosocial) remain beyond reach. The barriers to technical implementation are complex and multifactorial. In this Special Issue, readers can expect to find practical solutions to implementing some of the most challenging components of orofacial cleft care. These articles are written by experts who have overcome financial, social, political and environmental barriers to improve the accessibility of complex care to those who need it the most. Topics include pre-surgical infant orthopedics, alveolar bone grafting, orthognathic surgery, sleep apnea, velopharyngeal insufficiency and the use of artificial intelligence, amongst many others. We hope that this Special Issue will foster the expansion of orofacial cleft care programs around the world as we continue to reach further for our patients.
Dr. Usama S. Hamdan
Dr. Jordan Swanson
Dr. Matthew E. Pontell
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cleft lip
- cleft palate
- health equity
- global health
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