Our multidisciplinary team ensures cleft patients receive comprehensive, coordinated care throughout a child’s development. Pediatric specialists in nutrition, psychology, audiology, speech and dentistry address each stage of development to achieve the best outcomes. For over 40 years, we’ve provided expert, team-centered cleft care.
Arkansas Children’s high-volume cleft lip and palate program provides experienced multidisciplinary care to your patients and families. Many cleft lip patients are discovered on prenatal ultrasound. If a cleft is identified, specialists meet with expectant parents to provide them with useful supplies, information and details about surgical options. Our team of experts provides ongoing care from infancy to young adulthood.
We offer bone grafting and nasoalveolar molding (NAM), a pre-surgical technique that reduces the size of the cleft and improves surgical outcomes. In most cases, our team completes a child’s primary cleft repair surgeries before the age of 2, which improves feeding, facial growth, speech development and surgical outcomes.
Arkansas Children’s operates a velopharyngeal insufficiency (VPI) and fistula clinic to address speech disorders in cleft and non-cleft patients.
At Arkansas Children’s, a child’s cleft care team includes pediatric specialists in:
We offer telehealth appointments and have multiple locations around the state in locations convenient for regional travel.
For patient referrals, provider resources, or transfer requests, contact us today.
