The birth of a child with cleft lip and palate brings troubles to many families, and there are many questions and misconceptions about the treatment of the affected child. Many parents think that it is better to sew up the cleft lip and mend the cleft ceiling. I don’t know that the cleft is sewn on and mended, but this mending and sewing is not making clothes, the child has to grow up. After receiving early cleft lip and palate repair, children with cleft lip and palate have to face a series of problems during their future growth and development.
The treatment of cleft lip and palate is a long-term sequential treatment process, that is, from the birth of the child to adulthood, with different treatments at different times, and a comprehensive treatment process in a sequential order. The true meaning of holistic treatment includes the beginning of the child’s life, from birth, when the eyes of outsiders and their inner feelings will affect their well-being.
1. From birth to 3 months: newborn and infancy; 2. After 3 months: cleft lip repair (bilaterally after 6 months); 3. After 2 years: cleft palate surgery; 4. After 4 years: mastoid period, phonological training; 5. After 8 years: orthodontic treatment during the replacement period; 6. From 9 to 11 years: alveolar cleft implant; 7. At 12 years: early and permanent dentition; 8. At 17 years: orthognathic pre- and post-operative orthodontics; orthognathic surgery if necessary ; nasolabial phase II restoration.
Perhaps the birth defect has brought them physical and psychological blows, but also hit the family not a small blow. As parents, you should recognize that children with cleft lip and palate, just because they need more care from you, rekindle the light of their life with love and encouragement from the moment of their birth.