17th World Congress
of the International Cleft Lip and Palate Foundation
in cooperation with 37th Symposium of the German Association of Cleft Lip and Palate/Craniofacial Anomalies
Holistic Therapeutic Concepts – Focus on the Patient’s Wishes
September 4 – 6, 2025 | Frankfurt, Germany
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Friday, 05/Sept/2025 | |||||
8:30am - 9:00am |
Opening Ceremony Location: Audimax | H20-5 | House 20 |
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9:00am | POSTER A case of orthognathic surgery using an external distractor in a UCLP patient with severe anterior crossbite. Title Evaluating the Impact of Prefabricated Acrylic Splints on Premaxillary Stability in Alveolar Cleft Bone Graft Repairs: A Randomized Controlled Trial A new digital method for evaluating intraoral maxillary scans from newborns with craniofacial disorders Comparison of Postoperative Facial Symmetry in CLP Patients After Subperiosteal and Supraperiosteal Preparation – A Pilot Study Rehabilitation of children with clefts of lip, alveolus and palate Oral care after cleft palate surgery in children A retrospective analysis of factors affecting speech production in school-aged children with cleft palate (+- cleft lip) Non-Coding Variants Modulate Enhancer Activity Associated with Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip with Palate Surgical Treatment of Eyelid Coloboma: A Case Report on Reoperation After Ophthalmologic Care Application of 3D plotted composite bone grafts providing spatiotemporal drug delivery in an alveolar cleft osteoplasty model Orthodontic and Prosthetic Treatment of a Median Cleft Patient with Holoprosencephaly: A Rare Case Combining Anterior Segmental Distraction Osteogenesis and Orthodontics in Treating Skeletal Class III Malocclusion Secondary to Cleft Lip and Palate Digital Cleft Defect Assessment Using 3D Scanner and Custom Application Secondary Repair with Full-Thickness Skin Graft in Patients with Severe Upper Lip Scar Post-Cheiloplasty Enhancing Stability of Immediate-Load Dental Implants with Satellite Technology in the Posterior Mandible: A Prospective Case Series Early Years Cleft Speech and Language Therapy assessment protocol: challenges with accurate assessment of velopharyngeal function for speech Nasal airway computational fluid dynamics assessment of cleft lip and palate children Importance of Preconception Genetic Counseling in the Prevention of Orofacial Clefts Role of Pesticides in Etiology of Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate Honorary Consulate of Lao PDR in Japan, established through medical cooperation focusing on cleft lip and palate |
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9:15am - 10:35am |
OPENING Location: Audimax | H20-5 | House 20 Chair: Prof. Robert Sader, University Medicine Frankfurt Chair: Kazuto Hoshi Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) State of the Art in Prevention of Cleft Lip and Palate 9:55am - 10:35am Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Do’s and Don’ts in Therapy of Patients with Oro- and Craniofacial Malformations |
CLEFT RELATED SYNDROMS Location: Hörsaal 1 | H22-1 | House 22 Chair: Srinivas Gosla Reddy Chair: Babak Sayapour Invited (60 lecture+20disc) Surgical Management of Velopharyngeal Dysfunction in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome |
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9:15am - 10:35am |
CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY Location: Hörsaal 2 | H22-2 | House 22 Chair: Prof. Kurt-Wilhelm Bütow, Life-Wilgers Hospital Chair: Prof. Ulrich Meyer, Kieferklinik Münster Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) RADIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF CIRCUM-MAXILLARY SUTURES IN PATIENTS AFFECTED BY CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS COMPARED TO NON-SYNDROMIC CHILDREN 9:28am - 9:41am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) The role of three-dimensional imaging in children's craniofacial anomaly diagnosis and treatment planning 9:41am - 9:54am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Treacher-Collins-Syndrome: Management and Treatment - a German Case study 9:54am - 10:07am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Using depilation of skin to improve ear reconstruction in microtia. 10:07am - 10:20am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Treatment of Temporomandibular Joint Ankylosis in Children 10:20am - 10:33am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Management of Surgical Treatment for Patients with Congenital Nevus of the Head and Neck |
SECONDARY SURGERY IV - LIP Location: Hörsaal 3 | H23-3 | House 23 Chair: Prof. Pavel Calda, General University Hospital and 1.Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague Chair: Anton Dunsche Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Aging of the upper lip in unilateral cleft lip patients: how is it different and how to approach perioral rejuvenation in such cases? 9:28am - 9:41am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Botulinum Toxin in Cleft Lip Surgery: Enhanced Healing, Improved Scar Aesthetics, Uncompromised Function 9:41am - 9:54am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Effect of facial and nasolabial asymmetry on perceived facial esthetics in children with non-syndromic cleft lip and palate 9:54am - 10:07am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Lip reduction surgery with autologous lip dermal fat graft augmentation in secondary notching lip deformities. 10:07am - 10:20am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Comparison of patient reported outcomes and objective parameters in relation to the esthetics of the nasolabial region after cleft lip closure 10:20am - 10:33am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Aesthetic management of patients with cleft lip and palate during the final stages of treatment 10:33am - 10:46am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) From Scars to Seamless Smiles: How PRP is Changing the Game in Cleft Reconstruction |
PRESURGICAL THERAPY Location: Hörsaal 4 | H23-4 | House 23 Chair: Dr. Sarah Bühling, ZZMK Carolinum, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt Chair: Karl-Friedrich Krey Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Improving the outcomes of NAM in complete bilateral cleft lip and palate patients( case series) 9:28am - 9:41am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Analysis of DNA damage in predicting the birth of children with congenital cleft lip and palate in a region with ecotoxicants 9:41am - 9:54am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Correction of severe vertical excess of the premaxilla in growing bilateral cleft lip and palate patients without the need for premaxillary osteotomy. 9:54am - 10:07am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Development of a CAD Software for Design of Palatal Plates for Newborns and Small Children with Cleft Lip and/or Palate 10:07am - 10:20am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Investigation of the Impact of Nasoalveolar Molding on the Surgical Treatment of Cleft Lip and Palate 10:20am - 10:33am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Long-Term Effects of Nasoalveolar Molding and Primary Columella Lengthening on Nasal and Skeletal Development in Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate Patients 10:33am - 10:46am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Pre-surgical Orthodontic closure of large alveolar gaps with the Meazzini approach |
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10:35am - 11:00am |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Industry Exhibition |
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11:00am - 12:20pm |
PRIMARY SURGERY I Location: Audimax | H20-5 | House 20 Chair: S. M. Balaji Chair: Xia Zhou Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Calvarial reconstruction with frontal & superior orbital rim moulding 11:40am - 12:20pm Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Primary Management of the Cleft Nose |
AFFECTED PATIENTS Location: Hörsaal 1 | H22-1 | House 22 Chair: Prof. Marie M. Tolarova, University of the Pacific, A. A. Dugoni School of Dentistry Chair: Prof. Murod Mirzakhidovich Jafarov, Tashkent medical academy Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Introduction of the German support group „Wolfgang Rosenthal Gesellschaft “ 11:40am - 12:20pm Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) A Help, a Gift, a Thank You |
SECONDARY SURGERY II - ALVEOLUS Location: Hörsaal 2 | H22-2 | House 22 Chair: Dr. Richard Werkmeister Chair: Hendrik Terheyden Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Long-term Outcomes of Secondary Gingivoperiosteoplasty Versus Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting in the Reconstruction of Alveolar Clefts for Complete Unilateral and Bilateral Cleft Lip and Palate 11:13am - 11:26am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Assessment of Bone Structure in UCLP Patients Following Early Secondary Gingivoalveoloplasty : A Preliminary Cone Beam Computed Tomography Study 11:26am - 11:39am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Long-Term Outcomes of Early Secondary Gingivoalveoloplasty in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: Alveolar Ossification and Maxillary Growth Considerations 11:39am - 11:52am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Possibilities of bone grafting of the alveolar process in children with congenital cleft lip and palate 11:52am - 12:05pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) The Effect of Arch Cartilage Graft and Tajima Reverse U Approach in the Secondary Reconstruction of Unilateral Cleft Lip Nasal Deformity |
PRIMARY SURGERY IV - PALATE Location: Hörsaal 3 | H23-3 | House 23 Chair: Nasser Nadjimi Chair: Prof. Bilal Al-Nawas Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Primary cleft palate repair: 10 years´ evaluation 11:13am - 11:26am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF CHANGES IN MICROFLORA AND INDICATORS OF LOCAL IMMUNITY OF THE ORAL CAVITY AFTER PALATE SURGERY 11:26am - 11:39am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Evaluation of palatal bone regeneration in cleft palate patients following a two-stage palatoplasty using a modified Furlow procedure 11:39am - 11:52am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Step-by-step approach in radical intavelar veloplasty 11:52am - 12:05pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Two-stage palatal repair in non-syndromic CLP patients using anterior to posterior closure is associated with minimal need for secondary palatal surgery |
MISCELLANEOUS Location: Hörsaal 4 | H23-4 | House 23 Chair: Dr. Richard Kirschner, Nationwide Children's Hospital Chair: Ramin Najafi Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Incidence of Orofacial Clefts in the Czech Republic from 1991 to 2020 11:13am - 11:26am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Management of Intubation in Pediatric Patients with Cleft Lip and Palate using Customized Protective Palatal Obturator: A Randomized Controlled Trial 11:26am - 11:39am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Exploring the prevalence of Faltering growth in Cleft lip and palate in the UK. 11:39am - 11:52am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) ROLE OF AI AS CBL FACILITATOR DURING POST GRADUATE CLEFT SURGERY EDUCATION :A MIX METHOD STUDY FROM PAKISTAN |
12:20pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch Break Location: Foyer/Industry Exhibition |
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2:00pm - 4:00pm |
PRIMARY SURGERY II Location: Audimax | H20-5 | House 20 Chair: Prof. Alexander Hemprich Chair: Prof. Henning Schliephake, UMG Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Principles of Primary Palatoplasty 2:40pm - 3:20pm Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Trans Oral Robotic-Assisted Cleft Palate Surgery (TORCS) 3:20pm - 4:00pm Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Globally accessible regenerative cartilage using auricular chondrocytes enables minimally-invasive and flexible correction of cleft lip-nose deformities |
CLEFT AID I Location: Hörsaal 1 | H22-1 | House 22 Chair: Dr. KRISHNAMURTHY BONANTHAYA, Mahaveer Jain Hospital Chair: Prof. Alexander Gaggl, University Hospital Salzburg Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Global Craniomaxillofacial Surgery: Developing Sustainable, Accessible Services 2:40pm - 3:20pm Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Congenital cleft lip palate management: Challenges in comprehensive and coordinated care 3:20pm - 4:00pm Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Holistic cleft care-an outcome driven approach using technology |
SECONDARY SURGERY III - NOSE Location: Hörsaal 2 | H22-2 | House 22 Chair: Prof. Siegmar Reinert, Stuttgart General Hospital Chair: Winfried Kretschmer Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Steps and Slots; Piezotome assisted placement of composite ethmoid/cartilage grafts in cleft rhinoplasty 2:13pm - 2:26pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Correction of Narrow Nostril Deformity Secondary to Cleft Lip: Indications for Different Surgical Methods and A Retrospective Study 2:26pm - 2:39pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Secondary cleft septorhinoplasty - algorithm and results 2:39pm - 2:52pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) preservation rhinoplasty: simplified approach 2:52pm - 3:05pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) The use of retromolar block bone graft for alar support and for the reconstruction of the pyriform aperture prior to cleft rhinoplasty 3:05pm - 3:18pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) RECONSTRUCTIVE RHINOPLASTY METHOD WITH EXTERNAL NOSE DEFORMATION AFTER UNILATERAL PRIMARY CHEILOPLASTY 3:18pm - 3:31pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Cleft collective data and current surgical practices in the UK for primary nasal correction in children born with cleft lip with/without palate. 3:31pm - 3:44pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) PERCUTANEOUS , SUBCUTANEOUS ALAR RIM GRAFT IN RHINOPLASTY FOR CLND 3:44pm - 3:57pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) TAJIMA TECHNIQUE FOR RIMARY CLEFT RHINOPLASTY. |
SECONDARY SURGERY V - PALATE Location: Hörsaal 3 | H23-3 | House 23 Chair: Shahram Ghanaati Chair: Prof. Rainer Lutz, University Clinic Erlangen Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) A Prospective, Observational Study Comparing Fistula Incidence Between Furlow Double Opposing Z-Plasty and Straight-Line Mucosal Incision with IVVP for Primary Cleft Palate Repair 2:13pm - 2:26pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Comparison of Single Anchoring Stitch at the Palato/Velar Junction vs. Two Anchoring Stitch Technique in Soft Palate for Patients with Secondary Cleft Palate 2:26pm - 2:39pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) USE OF HYDROXYAPATITE MESH FOR PALATAL FISTULA REPAIR 2:39pm - 2:52pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) EVALUATING THE SAFETY, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, AND OUTCOMES OF SAME-DAY DISCHARGE VS. OVERNIGHT HOSPITAL STAY FOR CLEFT PALATE REPAIR IN PAKISTAN: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS. 2:52pm - 3:05pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) PRE-OPERATIVE AND POST-OPERATIVE AUDIOLOGICAL PROFILE FOR AUDIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT IN PATIRNTS WITH CLEFT LIP AND PALATE 3:05pm - 3:18pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Learning curves, fistula rates, and does the buccal fat pad flap reduce fistula incidence: a 12 year series. 3:18pm - 3:31pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Complete Digital Workflow for Manufacturing Presurgical Ortho¬dontic Palatal Plates in Newborns and Infants with Cleft Lip and/or Palate |
VELOPGARYNGEAL SURGERY Location: Hörsaal 4 | H23-4 | House 23 Chair: Christiane Hey Chair: Michael Malek Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Results in articulation, intelligibility and communication attitudes after intensive speech therapy for children (5-10years) with cleft palate 2:13pm - 2:26pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) VELOPHARYNGEAL ASSESSMENT AFTER PHARYNGEAL FLAP: A CASE CONTROL STUDY 2:26pm - 2:39pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Tongue Dorsum Elevation in Children with Cleft Palate with and without Velopharyngeal Insufficiency 2:39pm - 2:52pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) FORMATION OF THE SOFT PALATE USING A FLAP FROM THE BACK WALL OF THE PHARYNX 2:52pm - 3:05pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Experience of Five-zone Method Endoscope Assisted Palatoplasty and Palatopharyngoplasty in 36 Cases 3:05pm - 3:18pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Management of Pharyngeal Flap in Cleft Orthognathic Surgery: Speech Outcomes and Skeletal Stability 3:18pm - 3:31pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Predicting speech correcting surgery following primary palatoplasty: a logistic regression model for personalized care in cleft palate patients 3:31pm - 3:44pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE OF CLEFT PALATE WIDTH MEASUREMENTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY 3:44pm - 3:57pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Sommerlad Technique Palatoplasty: Early Surgical Outcome |
4:00pm - 4:30pm |
Coffee Break Location: Foyer/Industry Exhibition |
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4:30pm - 5:50pm |
SECONDARY SURGERY I Location: Audimax | H20-5 | House 20 Chair: Prof. Reha Kisnisci, Lokman Hekim University Chair: Dr. Eitan Bar Droma, Soroka medical center Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Orthognathic surgery and distraction osteogenesis in cleft lip and palate patients 5:10pm - 5:50pm Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) Distraction osteogenesis in craniofacial deformities |
CLEFT TEAM CARE Location: Hörsaal 1 | H22-1 | House 22 Chair: Chin-Kai Hsu Chair: Prof. Tomonao Aikawa, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) An Integrative Multidisciplinary Model for Cleft Lip and Palate Care: A National Approach to Lifelong Patient and Family Support with Standardized Care and Global Reproducibility 5:10pm - 5:50pm Invited (30 lecture+10discus.) The Cleft Collective Cohort Study – a global resource for research into the causes and best treatments for cleft |
PRIMARY SURGERY III - LIP Location: Hörsaal 2 | H22-2 | House 22 Chair: Dr. Michelle Klos, University hospital Frankfurt am Main Chair: Maria del Carmen Navas-Aparicio Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Long-Term Outcomes of the Two-Stage Milan Protocol for Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: Growth, Speech, Aesthetics, and Surgical Burden 4:43pm - 4:56pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Anatomical, electrophysiological and functional characterization of the upper lip musculature in surgically rehabilitated cleft-lip patients and controls. 4:56pm - 5:09pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Back-Cut or Not? Avoiding Back-Cutting on the Columellar Base in Modified Rotation-Advancement Unilateral Cheiloplasty: A Review of 100 Cases. 5:09pm - 5:22pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) A new hybrid technique for unilateral cleft lip closure – three-dimensional analysis of initial surgical results 5:22pm - 5:35pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Strength and motion of the orbicularis oris muscle in patients with unilateral CLP - a 4D study of muscular asymmetry 5:35pm - 5:48pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Comparing the aesthetic outcome of unilateral cleft lip repair between Modified Randall-Tennison Repair And Fisher’s anatomical subunit repair on the basis of Unilateral Cleft Lip Surgical Outcomes Evaluation (UCL SOE) Scale |
CLEFT AID II Location: Hörsaal 3 | H23-3 | House 23 Chair: Dushyant Prasad Chair: Dr. Michaela Vecerova, 3rd Faculty of Medicine Charles University and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) A Systematic Review of Practice Recommendations for Cleft Lip and/or Palate Management: Limitations of Current Standards 4:43pm - 4:56pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Cleft kids cleftless at 6 4:56pm - 5:09pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) The progress of cleft lip and palate treatment in southern mountainous region of Mexico 5:09pm - 5:22pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) History of charity program “Cleft lip & palate in Uzbekistan” 5:22pm - 5:35pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Barriers to Dental treatment of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Patients in Vietnam - A Cross-Sectional Study |
PSYCHOLOGY I Location: Hörsaal 4 | H23-4 | House 23 Chair: Shahram Ghanaati Chair: Oscar Escuder Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) The influence of lip reconstruction on the mother-infant bonding during the perioperative phase 4:43pm - 4:56pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) The Psychological Consequences of Cleft Lip Aesthetic Sequelae Compared to Scoliosis Functional Sequelae in Youth Patients 4:56pm - 5:09pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Exploring the Intersection of Caregiving, Maternal Mental Health, and Climate Stressors in Families of Children with Orofacial Clefts 5:09pm - 5:22pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) The Power of a Wish: The Impact of Magical Moments on Children with Facial Differences 5:22pm - 5:35pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Effectiveness Of Bio-Psychosocial Intervention Package for Children with Oral Facial Clefts 5:35pm - 5:48pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Feeding and nutrition of children with cleft deformities in the first year of life |