September 11, 2009
- Aetiology (Etiolgy): study of causation, or why things occur
- Alar base: where the lip/cheek and side of the nose meet.
- Alveolar bone grafting: the alveolus is the bone that supports the teeth in the jaws. It is often incomplete with cleft lip and palate and the defect is repaired with a bone graft, usually taken from the hip or shin.
- Dental arch relationship: describes the way the upper teeth are positioned in relation to the lower teeth
- GOSLON index: A method of assessment of dental arch relationships
- Grommet: a tube which is placed in the ear drum to allow air into the middle ear in the treatment of secretory otitis media (glue ear)
- Gingio-periosteoplasty: Moving potentially bone-forming tissue over the alveolar gap at the time of primary lip repair.
- Palatal Fistula: a hole between the mouth and nose arising following closure of a cleft palate.
- Hypernasality: excessive nasal tone caused by inadequate closure of the soft palate
- Maxilliary retrusion: the top jaw front teeth lie behind the lower jaw teeth with the mouth closed.
- Mucosa : The wet lining of the nose and mouth
- Nasendoscopy: investigation with an endoscope passed through a nostril, used for assessing palate function
- Naso-gastric intubation: the insertion of a plastic feeding tube (nasogastric tube or NG tube) through the nose down into the stomach.
- Naso-labial appearance: profile and frontal appearance of the nose and upper lip
- Neonatal appliance: oral plate sometimes used to help feeding and to guide the growth of the gum segments
- Obturating appliance: palatal obturators are appliances used to block off a wide unrepairable cleft, a palatal fistula or in some treatments for poor palatal function.
- Occlusion: How the teeth bite together
- Orthodontics: the branch of dentistry concerned with the treatment of misaligned teeth and jaws.
- Orthognathic surgery: surgical procedure to address facial disharmony caused by poor relationship of the upper jaw and/or lower jaw with the rest of the skull
- Osteotomies: Surgical repositioning of the upper and /or lower jaw .There are thee types: Le Fort I, II and III osteotomies are for maxilliary advancement. Le Fort III is more often used to correct severe craniofacial problems, and saggital split for the lower jaw.
- Pharyngoplasty: surgery to the back of the palate or pharynx (throat) to improve speech problems caused by poor palatal function
- Philtrum: centre of upper lip
- Prosthesis: an artificial replacement for one or more teeth, or associated structures
- Prosthodontics: a dental speciality concerned with restoration and maintenance of oral function by the replacement of missing teeth
- Submucous cleft palate: occurs when the mucosa of the palate is intact but the palatal muscles are not intact.
- T tube: A long lasting type of grommet
- Velophryngeal insufficiency (VPI): failure of the soft palate to close against the pharyngeal wall, causing hypernasality which may be corrected by velopharyngeal surgery
- Videofluoroscopy: A video x-ray used to assess soft palate function during speech and swallowing
CLAPA will be closed for the holidays from 23rd December until 2nd January. Please order your feeding equipment by midday on Thursday 19th December to make sure it's sent out before Christmas. Dismiss
