The beauty of scars and difference – Improving cleft care with digital technology

Comprehensive Cleft Care for those born with a cleft lip and/or palate (cleft) can require a range of care, including nutrition support, surgery, speech therapy, orthodontics, dental care, and psychosocial support. Treatments such as the development of multiple prosthetic appliances can be extensive and tiring. They are, however, essential to help babies and children swallow, eat, grow, and learn to speak. Digital technologies are key to improve universal access to cleft care, especially in remote areas.

In this episode, host Tony Johnston welcomes Ashley Barbour and Prof. Juan Pablo Gomez Arango to discuss about the potential of digital technology to increase access to cleft care. They also delve deeper into how growing up with cleft and receiving treatment throughout life can help people have successful, meaningful, and impactful lives.

Are you an oral health professional with an interest on digital cleft care? Share your thoughts with us via text or audio recording: communications@fdiworlddental.org

In this episode:

1.       Learn how providing empathetic care is essential in ensuring the psychological safety of patients

2.       Listen to the experience of a patient with cleft and discover how receiving comprehensive cleft care  is essential to help people with cleft thrive.

3.       Understand how digitalization could help improve access to care for people born with cleft.

Share your thoughts with us via text or audio recording: communications@fdiworlddental.org