Craniofacial experts, centered around your child
Mayo Clinic Children's offers our specialized cleft craniofacial clinic directed by plastic surgeons so you’ll have the peace of mind that comes with knowing your child will receive the right diagnosis and timely, precise treatment from a caring team of experts – all working together and focused on your child’s needs.
Mayo Clinic offers the full spectrum of surgical and non-surgical procedures for the following conditions:
- Apert Syndrome
- Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrom
- Craniosynostosis
- Crouzon Syndrome
- Facial paralysis
- Goldenhar Syndrome
- Hemifacial Microsomia
- Hypertelorism
- Micrognathia
- Microtia
- Parry-Romberg Syndrome
- Pierre-Robin Sequence
- Pfeiffer Syndrome
- Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome
- Treacher Collins Syndrome
- Vascular malformations
Innovation leads to better outcomes.
Our experts offer the latest technologies and techniques at the forefront of innovation and are skilled in a range of procedures, from minor surgeries to full facial transplant. We provide cutting-edge diagnostic and surgical technologies, such as:
- Virtual surgical planning and 3D printing for precision craniomaxillofacial and mid-face reconstruction.
- Advanced diagnostics and technology for surgical planning, including standard and black bone MRIs (non-radiation) and low-dose CT scanners for reduced radiation.
- Experts at the forefront of surgical techniques for all aspects of craniofacial procedures, including Medpor ear reconstruction, facial reanimation and complex facial reconstruction.
We're with you every step of the way.
Your child will have the benefit of a comprehensive team approach at our cleft and craniofacial clinic. What can often take weeks or months at other centers, takes just a day and a half at Mayo Clinic. You and your child can meet with Mayo Clinic’s experts in the following areas to build a team for your child’s specific needs.
After your initial visit, a team of experts will be assembled to treat your child’s specific needs and create an individualized care plan. Your child will see the same providers at each future appointment, ensuring that as your child grows and develops, pediatric specialists at the Mayo Clinic Children's continue to work as a team. Medical professionals from various specialties collaborate and then communicate with you to create goals and develop a customized evaluation and lifelong treatment plan for your child.
Mayo Clinic’s cleft and craniofacial clinic is approved by the American Cleft Palate- Craniofacial Association (ACPA).
Learn about your child’s craniofacial disorder and discuss planning and timing of surgery to restore function and aesthetics. Our expert craniofacial plastic surgeons have specialized training performing cleft lip and pallet repair as well as other craniofacial surgeries.
Learn about your child’s specific disorder and discuss planning and timing of surgery from leading experts offering the latest in neurosurgical care, including lifesaving, technically demanding procedures that help adults and children with complex and serious conditions. Our world-renowned neurosurgeons perform more than 9,000 surgeries every year.
Receive an analysis of growth and development of your child's face and mouth and discuss appropriately timed surgical intervention.
Plan treatment that addresses both function and appearance of the teeth and face.
Ensures appropriate and healthy teeth development.
Assess hearing and discuss a plan for restoring and preserving hearing, including recommended hearing devices. Perform cleft lip and pallet repair.
Discuss creation of artificial (prosthetic) ears, eyes, and noses, along with prostheses to replace missing teeth or mouth tissue defects.
Assess vision and function of your child's eyes and plan treatment or assistive devices as needed.
Assess learning and behavior issues and provide you and your child’s teachers with suggestions for intervention or treatment.
Identify delays or disorders of speech or language, and problems in producing sound. Discuss tools to manage speech related problems and guide treatment at home and in school.
Learn about congenital disorders and their effects on families from our specialists who work collaboratively with our Center for Individualized Medicine and state of the art, on-site laboratory genetics division, allowing you to benefit from the most recent research and knowledge in customized medicine in biochemical genetics, molecular genetics, and cytogenetics.
Receive assessments of psychological and social history, and counseling and support to help you and your child cope, including arrangements for community resources as needed.
When it's time to find answers, you know where to go.
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