Can diabetic lip diseases and surgeries performed on the lips be corrected from the words of Dr. Shokoofeh Barazandeh

Treatment of cleft lip with or without cleft palate requires multiple surgeries, speech therapy, and orthodontic and dental treatments, especially in the first 18 years of life. Providing necessary information to the parents of these children and performing medical-dental treatments on time can be very effective in improving the situation.

Pediatric dentists, orthodontists, and maxillofacial surgeons are directly responsible for the dental-maxillofacial care of these patients. There is a strong relationship between the number and severity of dental problems with the type and severity of clefts. Preventive dental care is also of great importance because the child’s intact dental occlusion, especially in the gap area, is considered the basis for subsequent orthodontic and surgical treatments.

It is possible to perform sugar lip repair surgery before one year old. It means that surgery for a 10-month-old or one-year-old child is safe and will not cause any problems. In this surgery, your child will be under anesthesia. Then the surgeon brings the two parts of the lip together and closes the gap with a suture.