Cleft-Lip and Palate / Normal speech and deviations

Course:                   Cleft-Lip and Palate / Normal speech and deviations

Date:                       Wednesday     2026-04-15      9-00-16.30             (Cleft-Lip and Palate)

                                  Thursday          2026-04-16      8.30-16.30             (Cleft-Lip and Palate)

                                  Friday                2026-04-17      8.30-13.30             (Normal speech and deviations) also zoom

Location:                Wallenberg conference center, Medicinaregatan 20, 413 90 Göteborg

Lecturers:              Göteborg Cleft Lip and Palate team in together with invited lecturers

Language:              English

Target group:       ST/postgraduates in Orthodontics in Sweden and other ST in VGR

Format:                  The course will be given as lectures and self-studies on suggested literature.

                                  The session “Normal speech and pathology” (Friday 2026-04-17) will be available also as videoconference for postgraduates that wishes.

Fees:                        11.000 SEK/person for the entire course “Cleft-Lip and Palate / Normal speech and deviations”

                                  4.000 SEK /person for “Normal speech and pathology” only

                                  The fees cover costs of the course and meals (lunch/coffee breaks) for the persons attending the course in place.

                                  Cancellations later than 3 weeks before the course will be charged in full.

Admission:            Last day of admission will be Monday 2026-03-11 by email to stpg.ortodonti@vgregion.se. Admission is binding.

Course organizer: Dr Sara Rizell

Contact:                 Educational coordinator: Ciresica Boström.

                                  E-mail stpg.ortodonti@vgregion.se

Content:                 The course will cover the following topics:

How does a cleft occur? Embryology and etiology

Surgical protocols for cleft lip and palate, from a national view

The importance of teamwork

Gender differences in treatment of CLP

Psychological aspects of CLP

Presurgical orthopedics

Growth impairment and principles for orthodontic treatment in CLP

Maxillofacial surgery for individuals with CLP

Dental health in children with CLP

Prosthetic aspects in CLP

Epidemiology and international perspective of CLP

Internationally adopted children with CLP

Normal speech and deviations (also as videoconference)

Normal speech development

Speech and malocclusions

Cleft speech characteristics

Speech problems in craniofacial syndromes

Speech in relation to maxillary osteotomy