Mark Devlin

Consultant Cleft and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow

Alveolar bone grafting: CLP series part 7

It is widely accepted that the optimal timing for alveolar bone grafting is before the eruption of the permanent maxillary canine tooth.1 A radiographic assessment of the canine tooth development is...

A dentigerous cyst containing an ectopic canine at the infra-orbital rim: a case report

An 11-year-old boy presented at a specialist orthodontic practice where a large cystic lesion was noted on the initial dental panoramic tomograph (DPT) radiograph. The orthodontist immediately...

Primary surgery in cleft lip and palate part 5

In 1996, the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS) Steering Group on cleft lip and palate published recommendations for Minimum Standards for the Management of Cleft Lip and Palate.1 These...