Additional Resources

If your family is dealing with a cleft or craniofacial abnormality, there are a variety of educational and supportive resources for you to access.

Postoperative Patient Instructions

• Speech Surgery – (View PDF)
• Cirugía para mejorar el habla - Speech Surgery (Spanish)
• Cleft Lip Surgery – (View PDF)
• Eparación de labio hendido - Cleft Lip (Spanish)
• Cleft Palate Surgery – (View PDF)
• Reparación de paladar hendido - Cleft Palate (Spanish)
• Craniosynostosis Repair – (View PDF)
• Alveolar Bone Graft – (View PDF)
• Injerto óseo alveolar - Alveolar Bone Graft (Spanish)

Resources for Cleft Lip and Palate

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Cleft Advocate
• Cleft Palate Foundation
• National Institute of Health

Resources for Velopharyngeal Insufficiency

• Postoperative care instructions after speech surgery

Resources for Other Craniofacial Anomalies

• AboutFace International
• American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
• FACES: The National Craniofacial Association
• Foundation for Faces of Children
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
• Operation Smile
• Smile Train

Resources for Dental Health

• American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
• American Association of Orthodontists
• American Dental Association

General Resources

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Genetic Alliance
• March of Dimes
• National Center for Biotechnology Information

• UIC Craniofacial Center Educational Resources: Animations to Support Caring for a Child with Cleft