Oral Health and Dental Management

Management of cleft lip and palate â?? Psychological considerations

5^th American Dental Congress

October 05-07, 2015 Philadelphia, USA

Satpal S Sandhu

Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, India

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

WHO data reveal that craniofacial anomalies affect approximately 1:500�??700 live births, with cleft lip and palate (CLP) being the most common and the ratio varying widely across geographic locations. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently estimated that, each year in the United States, about 2,650 babies are born with a cleft palate and 4,440 babies are born with a cleft lip with or without a cleft palate. Evidence shows that, in addition to coping with their physical appearance, children with cleft anomaly in general have to deal with their psychological issues/ psycho-social limitations like lowered self esteem and difficulties in social interaction. Existing multispecialty care is primarily aimed at physical rehabilitation with the psychological issues of care often being neglected. It is recommended that every member of cleft care team should have basic understanding of various psychological issues of concern to CLP patients and their parents so that these issues can be taken care of during the management of cleft lip and palate. The need to provide psychological support to CLP patients and their parents is critical because of extensive and prolonged surgical and rehabilitative interventions, including orthodontic treatment, throughout the childhood and adolescence as the child�??s face grows from birth to adolescence. This paper discusses the various psychosocial issues amongst children and adults with cleft lip and cleft palate.

Biography :

Satpal S Sandhu has completed his BDS and MDS (Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics) from the Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore (Manipal Academy of Higher Education University) in the year 2002 and 2005 respectively. Presently he is working as Professor, Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics at Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Ferozepur, Punjab, India. His articles are published in the reputed Orthodontic Journals of American, British and European Orthodontic Societies. He is also active Reviewer for these afore mentioned journals.

Email: drsatpalsandhu@yahoo.co.in