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Address: Calwerstr. 7
72076 Tübingen


E-mail address: face@​med.​uni-​tuebingen.​de


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About us

About us

The Center for Cleft Lip and Palate and Craniofacial Malformations (ZLKGKF) is one of the larger specialty centers of the Center for Rare Diseases (ZSE). The departments of oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, pediatric neurosurgery and neonatology have joined forces here to ensure optimal care for patients with the corresponding clinical pictures. In this context, other specialties such as prenatal medicine, neuropediatrics, anesthesiology, ophthalmology and otolaryngology, phoniatrics and pediatric audiology, radiology, general dentistry, and medical genetics are regularly consulted.

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Contact

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Assigner guides:
Lea Longerich
Anna-Lisa Sorg

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E-mail address: face@med.uni-tuebingen.de


For inquiries and registrations please fill out the registration form and send it to us. We will contact you as soon as possible.


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European Reference Center

(European Reference Network, ERN-CRANIO)

The Tübingen Center for Cleft Lip and Palate/Craniofacial Malformations has received certification from the European Commission as a European Reference Network (ERN-CRANIO) in 2022.

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Management

Board of Directors

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Dr. Siegmar Reinert

Prof. Dr. Dr. Siegmar Reinert

Director
Medical Director of the Clinic and Polyclinic for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

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Portrait of Prof. Dr. Christian F. Poets

Prof. Dr. Christian F. Poets

Deputy Director
Medical Director of the Department of Pediatrics IV (Neonatology)

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Portrait of Prof. Dr. Bernd Koos

Prof. Dr. Bernd Koos

Medical Director of the Polyclinic of Orthodontics

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Portrait of Prof. Dr. Martin Schuhmann

Prof. Dr. Martin Schuhmann

Head of ped. neurosurgery, peripheral nerve surgery

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Portrait of Maximilian Nägele

Maximilian Nägele

Commercial Director of the University Hospital for Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

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How we help

When families should contact us

Affected families can contact our center at any time with questions or concerns, regardless of the child's age. The treatment of infantile facial malformations is particularly promising if it begins in the first days after birth.

What patients can expect at our center

After birth, children are initially cared for in the Department of Neonatology at the Children's Hospital. Here, the growth-accompanying therapy by orthodontics already begins. For most malformations, this includes a treatment with a palatal plate. Depending on the malformation, other special disciplines such as oral and maxillofacial surgery and pediatric neurosurgery are already involved in neonatology. If necessary, the children are also supported by specialists from the fields of ear, nose and throat medicine, ophthalmology and human genetics at the University Hospital of Tübingen.

We fully integrate the parents into the treatment so that they can continue the therapy with their child at home. This includes the independent change of palatal plates, instructions for feeding the children as well as early functional therapy procedures. Continued care for those affected is ensured through our interdisciplinary collaboration at the center into adulthood.

We know that the psychological burden on the affected parents is great. That is why our psychosocial service is available to parents with advice and support - even after discharge from the hospital.

Disease patterns

Disease patterns

Under the respective clinical pictures you will find further information as well as contact details for making appointments and directions to the outpatient clinics and clinics treating the patients. Our center is made up of the specialist disciplines of oral and maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics, neonatology and neurosurgery.

Father and baby with cleft lip and palate

Cleft lip and palate (LKG)

LKG is one of the most common congenital malformations. This malformation therefore requires therapy, which is explained in more detail below.

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Baby drinks milk from a bottle

Robin sequence

Every year, about 80 children in Germany are affected. The therapy concept in Tübingen is carried out using a palatal plate, which leads to an improvement in breathing.

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Baby with Down syndrome

Down syndrome

More than half of the children show obstructions of the airways during sleep. One of the most important treatment concepts is the so-called orofacial regulation therapy.

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Father with sleeping baby

Craniosynostoses

Craniosynostosis is premature ossification of one or more cranial sutures associated with a growth disorder of the cranial skeleton.

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Interdisciplinary cooperation of all necessary specialists

Because important functions such as breathing, nutrition, speech and hearing are also impaired in infantile facial malformations, all the necessary specialists from different disciplines work together in our centre: Initially, it is primarily the paediatricians of neonatology and the orthodontists, then the oral and maxillofacial surgeons, supported if necessary by radiologists (magnetic resonance imaging and computer tomography), ENT specialists, ophthalmologists, neurosurgeons and human geneticists.

Interdisciplinary Conferences

Every Wednesday

an interdisciplinary consultation takes place in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

Research and teaching

  • Von Bodman A, Buchenau W, Bacher M, Arand J, Urschitz MS, Poets CF. Die Tübinger Gaumenplatte – Ein innovatives Therapiekonzept bei Pierre-Robin-Sequenz. Wien Klin Wochenschr 2003;115:871-873

  • Buchenau W, Urschitz MS, Sautermeister J, Bacher M, Herberts T, Arand J, Poets CF. A Randomized Clinical Trial of a New Orthodontic Appliance to Improve Upper Airway Obstruction in Infants with Pierre Robin Sequence. J Pediatr 2007;151:145-9

  • Drescher FD, Jotzo M, Goelz R, Meyer TD, Bacher M, Poets CF. Cognitive and psychosocial development of children with Pierre Robin sequence. Acta Paediatr 2008; 97:653-6

  • Bacher M, Linz A, Buchenau W, Arand J, Krimmel M, Poets C. Therapeutisches Vorgehen bei Pierre-Robin-Sequenz. Laryngo-Rhino-Otologie 2010;89:621-29

  • Bacher M, Sautermeister J, Urschitz M, Buchenau W, Arand J, Poets C. An oral appliance with velar extension for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in infants with the Pierre Robin sequence. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2011;48:331-6

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