Infants: > 100 new infants’ referred to the clinic annually
Patients flow : 50-60 patients per month
Annual patients visit: average 750 patients
Operations: average of 175 operations annually
Team leader: Prof. Kust Butow
Bsc, BchD, MChD (in MaxFacOral Surg), DrMedDent, PhD, DSc(odont), FC MFOS
Professor and Head of Department of Maxillofacial and oral surger & Adjunct Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surger, University of North Carolina, USAPatients registered: 3174 patients are currently registered at the clinic
- 5.6% isolated cleft lip
- 12.6% cleft lip and alveolus
- 39.7% cleft lip, alveolus and palate
- 0.6% had a cleft of hard palate only
- 16.6% had a cleft of the hard and soft palate
- 18.5% had cleft of the soft palate only
- 4.5% had a combination of clefts
- Sex ratio: male:1699 female: 1475
- Population groups: Whites 2124, Black: 868, Coloureds: 84, Indian: 84, Asian: 9
- Positive family history: 27.9%
- Associated Syndromes: 26.2%
- 6.2% Fairbain Robin
- 1.3% Demarque-van der Woude
- 0.7% Holoprosencephaly sequence
- Tessier clefts were found in 45 cases
- Facial clefting were observed in 88 twin pregnancies of which 7 sets both twins were affected.
- 2.5% of registered patients do not have facial cleft but present with other defects i.e. speech problems and high palate)
Research Potential:
- New designs and creations: 13
- Refereed publications: 29
- Non-referred publications: 66
- Popular scientific publications: 5
- Book published in USA: 1
- International presentations: 41
- National presentations > 100
Founded : August 1983