Final False Tooth: Time to Share my Smile!
< Treatment Timeline I am no stranger to living with a false tooth – I got my first one when I was nine years old. Due to the way my...
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My name's Beth
I was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate.
This is the story of how my difference changed my life.
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Lip Reconstruction: The First Time I Worried I'd Made The Wrong Decision
< Treatment Timeline I had never been especially self-conscious about my lip, because I had always been preoccupied with my nose, and...
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In-between Jaws
< Treatment Timeline After my first round of jaw surgery, my treatment plan became a little unusual… I had my jaw operation in December...
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Botox, Cocaine and Plastic Surgery: Post-Jaw Surgery & Septorhinoplasty
< Treatment Timeline After my second jaw surgery, I had more intensive post-op care to make sure the jaw was healing properly. I went...
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Jaw Surgery - Take Two
< Treatment Timeline I want to firstly highlight that this is NOT an expected part of cleft lip and palate treatment. I had a second...
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Jaw Surgery - Take One
< Treatment Timeline A maxillofacial osteotomy (the posh name for jaw surgery) is where the jaws are moved to a new position: where the...
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Wisdom Teeth Aren't That Clever
< Treatment Timeline In summer 2015, I was expecting to have my jaw surgery, but, unfortunately, I was told there were a few obstacles in...
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The Joy of Braces
< Treatment Timeline So although a lot of children and teenagers have braces at some point in their adolescence, cleft lip and palate...
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Bone Graft and a False Tooth at Ten
< Treatment Timeline Having a bone graft is an often-expected part of treatment for cleft lip and palate patients. I had mine when I was...
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Grommets and Ears
< Treatment Timeline It’s fairly common for cleft lip and palate children to develop ear infections, because there are muscles in the ear...
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Scary Rooms with Lots of Clever People
< Treatment Timeline I was born with a cleft lip and palate, which means I was a patient from the moment I opened my eyes. As a baby, I...
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What I Can't Remember
< Treatment Timeline My parents didn’t know I was going to be born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate, so it was obviously quite a...