Cleft lip and palate: the multidisciplinary management

Patients with cleft lip and palate usually face a multitude of problems, esthetic compromise being the most noticeable, malocclusion, missing teeth, oronasal fistula, speech and hearing pathology are also present in most cleft patients; this necessitates a multidisciplinary treatment across various medical and dental specialties that extends from birth to adulthood but in separate stages. A protocol for the treatment of cleft patients should followed by the healthcare providers, and coordination amongst them is a major contributor to success in cleft treatment