Cleft Lip & Palate Association

Karen’s Story

6 Jan 2018

Karen was born in 1952 with a cleft lip and palate. Here in her own words she tells her story of growing up with a cleft, and returning to treatment as an adult.

Awareness at Birmingham Dental Hospital

21 Aug 2014

Birmingham Dental Hospital put on a lunchtime presentation about cleft lip and palate which was both entertaining and educational.

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A young boy with a repaired cleft lip smiling

STUDY: Dental Caries, Oral hygiene and oral clearance in children with craniofacial disorders

24 Jan 2013

This study suggests that children born with CL/P are more likely to get dental decay. The reasons behind this are many and varied but includes the fact that these children seem to find tooth brushing harder and retain foods/sugars longer in their mouths than their unaffected friends.