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Palestinian Cleft Society
Mission Statement
To provide timely, comprehensive,
compassionate medical, dental, and surgical care for children with clefts on the West Bank and in Gaza.
The delivered
care will be coordinated between all Palestinian health care workers and foreign volunteers. Medical care will involve genetics
assessment, follow-up of speech development, and the psychological health of each child. Dental care will involve all aspects
of oral health, orthodontic care before and after bone grafting, and any pre-surgical orthodontic care prior to Orthognathic
surgery. Surgical care will involve repair of the cleft lip and palate, appropriate placement and follow-up of myringotomy
(ear) tubes; bone grafting of the alveolar cleft, repair of palate fistulas and surgical correction of speech abnormalities,
and Orthognathic surgery.
The care we deliver will
be multi-disciplinary, and will involve the specialties of Speech, Psychology, Genetics, Pediatric Dentistry, Orthodontics,
Prosthodontics, Oral Maxillofacial, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Pediatric Surgery, Surgery, Business Leaders,
and Health Administrators.
Communication between
these specialties will be expected and encouraged.
We will
attempt to provide cleft care that will be a model for health care on the West Bank and in Gaza.
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