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 | |
Location: Hörsaal 2 | H22-2 | House 22 |
Date: Thursday, 04/Sept/2025 | |
9:00am - 12:30pm |
Primary Lip and Palate Repair Using Morphofunctional Technique: Long Term Outcomes Location: Hörsaal 2 | H22-2 | House 22 Masterclass (3,5h) PRIMARY LIP AND PALTE REPAIR USING MORPHOFUNCTIONAL TECHNIQUE – LONG TERM OUTCOMES |
2:00pm - 5:30pm |
Non-Surgical Correction of Class III CLP Patients Location: Hörsaal 2 | H22-2 | House 22 Masterclass (3,5h) Non-surgical correction of class III CLP patients: a sutural manipulation protocol based on timing and severity of the discrepancy | MASTERCLASS |
Date: Friday, 05/Sept/2025 | |
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 |
11:00am - 12:20pm |
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 |
2:00pm - 4:00pm |
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 |
4:30pm - 5:50pm |
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 5:48pm - 6:01pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) PREMAXILLARY OSTEOTOMY AND FIXATION IN BILATERAL CLEFT LIP AND PALATE: A CASE REPORT |
Date: Saturday, 06/Sept/2025 | |
9:00am - 10:30am |
ORTHODONTICS II Location: Hörsaal 2 | H22-2 | House 22 Chair: Bert Braumann Chair: Dr. Sarah Bühling, ZZMK Carolinum, Johann-Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) A Compelling Evidence for Obturpaedics and Orthopaeddontics in very early Paediatric Growth during Cleft Treatment 9:13am - 9:26am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Quantitative and qualitative segmental surface growth in UCLP Patients: A Prospective In Vivo Study 9:26am - 9:39am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Orthodontic treatment planning in cleft and craniofacial patients with clear aligners: burden of care and informed consent 9:39am - 9:52am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Retrospective Clinical Study on the Predictability of Movements in Patients with Cleft Lip-Palate Treated with Clear Aligners 9:52am - 10:05am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Meazzini-Mazzoleni Enhanced Sutural Protraction (MMESP): A Novel Strategy for Severe Midfacial Hypoplasia in Growing Patients 10:05am - 10:18am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Orthodontic management of Cleft Maxilla 10:18am - 10:31am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Cleft Orthodontics in all stages of Life - An Insight |
11:00am - 12:20pm |
ORTHOGNATIC SURGERY Location: Hörsaal 2 | H22-2 | House 22 Chair: Winfried Kretschmer Chair: Dr. Svenja Beisel-Memmert Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Large Maxillary Advancements in Orthognathic Surgery: A Patient-Centered Approach 11:13am - 11:26am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Maxillary relapse after Le Fort I osteotomy– A comparative study of skeletal class III deformity in patients with cleft and non-cleft 11:26am - 11:39am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Benefits of Bone Grafting in Two-Jaw Orthognathic Surgery: Systematic Review and My Personal Experiences 11:39am - 11:52am Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Orthognathic surgery and maxillary distraction for patients with cleft lip and palate 11:52am - 12:05pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Identification and definition of surgical approach for patients with cleft lip and/or palate undergoing orthognathic surgery. The role of the professional and the patient 12:05pm - 12:18pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Short- and Long-Term Effects of Late Maxillary Advancement with the Meazzini-Alt-RAMEC Protocol in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate |
2:00pm - 4:00pm |
DISTRACTION Location: Hörsaal 2 | H22-2 | House 22 Chair: Adi Rachmiel Chair: Matsa Sainath Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Is cleft gender based as in rest of the world? 5 years retrospective study data on type of cleft in northern areas of Pakistan 2:13pm - 2:26pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Midface Advancement after Le Fort III Osteotomy and Rigid External Distraction in Patients with Craniofacial Synostosis: A Long-Term Follow-Up Study 2:26pm - 2:39pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Surgical Management of Mandibular Hypoplasia Using Distraction Osteogenesis: A Comprehensive Analysis of Growth and Complications 2:39pm - 2:52pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) A case of severe mandibular retrusion treated by mandibular distraction osteogenesis and two jaw surgery using intraoral approach 2:52pm - 3:05pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Distraction osteogenesis in craniofacial skeleton 3:05pm - 3:18pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Experience in distraction osteogenesis for the correction of mandibular hypoplasia in Hue City – Central Vietnam 3:18pm - 3:31pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) The Use of Distraction Osteogenesis for the Failed Alveolar Bone Graft 3:31pm - 3:44pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Maxillary anterior segmental distraction osteogenesis for patients with cleft lip and palate. 3:44pm - 3:57pm Accepted (10lecture+3discus.) Stability of distraction osteogenesis procedures in CLP patients |