Cleft Palate Team Activities in Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital (Dental Section)

TERADA Kazuto, ASAHITO Toshikazu, ONO Kazuhiro, YAGI Minoru, YOSHIBA Kunihiko, KOBAYASHI Tadaharu, IIDA Akihiko, SAKURAI Naoki, TAKEISHI Hideyuki, MOHRI Tamaki, MATSUYAMA Junko, TANAKA Rei, SEO Kenji, TERAO Emiko, CHINO Yuhko, YOSHIOKA Setsuko, OHUCHI Akitsugu, KITAMURA Eriko, SAITO Isao, SAITO Chikara, KODAMA Yasumitsu, TAKAGI Ritsuo, KAZKI Reiko

doi:10.11224/cleftpalate1976.32.1_43

Fifteen years have passed since the Cleft Palate Team at Niigata University Dental Hospital, which is currently named the Dental Section of Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, was established in February 1991. This team has conduted various activities such as the registration of patients, management of interdisciplinary examinations and conferences, compilation of common examination booklets, holding of seminars for patients' mothers and instruction in facial make-up for patients.<BR>The purpose of this study was to investigate and evaluate these activities in order to plan the future roles of the team.<BR>One thousand and forty-three patients were registered as of June 2006. The numbers of primary and secondary cases were 764 and 279 respectively. The number of patients registered yearly was 45 on average from 1993 to 2005. Sixty-three cases were discussed at the clinical conferences.<BR>The classes for patients' mothers have been held three times per year and 23 times in total. Thirty-two patients have been taught how to apply make-up since April 2001. All the patients hoped to learn how to apply make-up at the hospital. Almost all the patients have reported feeling comfortable after applying facial make-up, suggesting that the training in facial make-up at the hospital is useful.<BR>Initially, the cleft palate team focused on unifying the system for treating cleft palate patients in the hospital and notifying doctors and medical staff of it. However, our main activities have extended to giving mental support to the patients and their families since 2000. In the future, it will be necessary to extend the mental support activities in Niigata Prefecture and Hokuriku region beyond the limits of the University Hospital.

Cleft Palate Team Activities in Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital (Dental Section)

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