By Logan and Sonja Bristow - Bridgelin
By Logan and Sonja Bristow - Bridgelin
By Logan and Sonja Bristow - Bridgelin
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There can be a lot of different specialists that make up the<br />
building blocks of a team. These are just some of them:<br />
Audiologist<br />
Nurse<br />
Oral Surgeon<br />
Orthodontist<br />
Pediatrician<br />
Pedodontist<br />
Plastic Surgeon<br />
Speech-language Pathologist<br />
Evaluates your child’s hearing from infancy.<br />
Monitors health. Provides support for anxious<br />
parents. Offers skilled caring.<br />
Performs palate <strong>and</strong> bone graft surgery.<br />
Monitors facial growth <strong>and</strong> development<br />
<strong>and</strong> braces.<br />
Monitors health, growth <strong>and</strong> maturation.<br />
Children’s dental specialist. Dental care<br />
is so important!<br />
Performs lip <strong>and</strong> nose surgery.<br />
Assesses speech development.<br />
Cleft lip <strong>and</strong> palate children will undergo a thorough evaluation by many of the team specialists. The assessment<br />
may take place in one long day or over several days on an outpatient basis. The team members then meet <strong>and</strong><br />
discuss all aspects of the child’s condition <strong>and</strong> make recommendations regarding treatment.
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