Cleft Care in a Developing Country: An Assessment of Knowledge and Attitudes of Patients/Parents of Children With an Orofacial Cleft to Orthodontic Treatment.

Objective: To assess the knowledge, awareness and attitude to orthodontic treatment of patients and parents of children with orofacial clefts, receiving comprehensive cleft care treatment.

Design: Cross-sectional survey.

Setting: A major tertiary health care facility in Nigeria, the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-araba, Lagos.