Public Treatment Service in Hong Kong Cleft lip and palate patients require treatments of multidisciplinary team approach from babyhood to adulthood. The multidisciplinary team include the following major members: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons (or other surgeons) provide: Primary Surgeries – namely cleft lip & cleft palate repair for affected babies....
Secondary Treatment Orthognathic Surgery Due to cleft palate, the growth of the patients' jaw may be affected, resulting in retrusive upper jaw and underbite problem. They may need orthognathic surgery around 18 years of age. The Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Department of public hospitals will offer the said surgery to...
Primary Treatment 1) Surgical Repair for Cleft Lip Cleft lip repair will be arranged between 3-6 months. After the surgical repair, the affected babies may have normal appearance and lip function. Special thanks to the parents for sharing here their babies' photos of before and...
Cleft & Related Craniofacial Anomalies What is Cleft Lip & Palate? Cleft Lip and Palate is a very common but most curable congenital deformity. If the patients receive appropriate treatments at the right time, they can rehabilitate, their social life and capability are no different from other people. There are different...
Along the Way with You Project Through 'Along the Way with You Project, HKACLP trains up senior parents as volunteers to offer all-weather & all-round supportive service to the families with cleft lip & palate patients on “one-volunteer-to-one-family” basis for sharing experience and giving emotional support, so as...
Charity Treatment Project for Cleft Lip and Palate Patients Charity Treatment Project Since the year 2006, there is quite a number of 'Seeking for Help' cases from time to time, including those patients waiting too long for treatment, patients in mid twenties but not rendered any secondary treatment due to...
Early Orthodontic Treatment Pilot Project for 6-12 years old Children with Clefts Although cleft lip and cleft palate are repaired before 1 year of age, the patients' growth of upper jaw may be affected. When a patient grows up, he may have their upper jaw underdeveloped causing underbite, “V-shaped” alveolus...
Resident Speech Therapy Service Speech Therapy for Cleft Lip and Palate Children Children with cleft lip and palate typically have a variety of speech problems. It is because there is less tissue on the roof of the mouth for the tongue to touch, and the soft palate is not long...
Nasal Splint Project The Association holds Nasal Splint Workshop once every month, in which maxillofacial technician will come to our centre to fit appropriate size nasal splints for our members at different ages to help correct their flattened nostrils. The technician will issue nasal splints to the babies after lip...
Community Educational Programme Education Through Social Platforms By posting texts and image updates, videos, and related contents in social platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the official website, HKACLP enhances the public's understanding on cleft lip and palate and promotes our services. So that the parents and patients may find...