Description
Contents:
- The Nature of Cleft Lip and Palate
- Embryology, incidence and aetiology
- Classification
- Anatomy and function
- Facial Growth
- Speech characteristics cleft condition
- Associated conditions and syndromes
- Management of the Infant and Young Child with a Cleft Lip and/or Palate
- Prenatal diagnosis-abnormalities of the fetal lip and palate
- Prenatal, perinatal and postnatal counselling
- The role of the paediatrician
- Early feeding management
- Presurgical orthopaedics
- Primary surgery and nursing care
- Speech development and early intervention
- Hearing and ENT management Management of the Older Child, Adolescent and Adult
- Speech assessment and therapy
- Assessment and surgical management of velopharyngeal function
- Secondary surgery of lip and nose deformities and palatal fistulae
- Orthodontics
- Alveolar bone grafting
- Orthognathic surgery Restorative dental treatment
- Growing up with a cleft: the impact on the child
- Role of parent support groups
- Choosing the best treatment for the child with a cleft
About the Author
A. C. H. Watson, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh. D. A. Sell, Great Ormond Street Hospital London and P. Grunwell, De Montifort University Leicester.
Book Information
ISBN 9781861561589
Author A. Watson
Format Hardback
Page Count 432
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 794g
Dimensions(mm) 244mm * 164mm * 34mm