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	Cleft Lip and Palate
		A child born with a separation in the upper lip is said to have a cleft lip.
		Typically, a Cleft Team might include a plastic surgeon, a pediatrician, a dentist, a speech and language specialist, a social worker, a hearing specialist, an ear-nose-throat specialist, a psychologist, a nurse, and a genetic counselor.
		Children with a cleft palate are particularly prone to ear infections because the cleft can interfere with the function of the middle ear.
	www.plasticsurgery.org /public_education/procedures/CleftLipPalate.cfm (1497 words)

	What is cleft Lip and cleft palate? (from CLAPA Ireland) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Clefts result from incomplete development of the lip and/or palate in the early weeks of pregnancy.
		A submucous cleft palate is where, although the surface layers of the soft palate (mucous membrane) are complete, the underlying muscle is incomplete.
		Cleft lip and palate treatment involves a multidisciplinary team including a plastic surgeon, ENT surgeon, maxillofacial surgeon, orthodontist, and speech and language therapist.
	www.cleft.ie /whatis.htm (556 words)

	Cleft Conditions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A "cleft" is the medical term for a failure of the upper lip and/or palate (roof of the mouth) to fuse as normally takes place between the 5th and 12th week of pregnancy.
		The cleft may be as minor as a notch in the upper lip or as extensive as a wide gap extending through the lip and gum into the nose.
		Clefting is more common in children of Asian descent, occurring in approximately one in every five hundred births, and least common in African American children, occurring in approximately one in every two thousand births.
	dentistry.ucsf.edu /cranio/cleftcon.htm (325 words)

	Cleft Lip / Cleft Palate - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
		Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth abnormalities of the mouth and lip.
		Cleft lip and cleft palate occur early in pregnancy when the sides of the lip and the roof of the mouth do not fuse together as they should.
		Cleft lip and/or cleft palate are caused by multiple genes inherited from both parents, as well as environmental factors that scientists do not yet fully understand.
	www.lpch.org /DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/craniofacial/cleft.html (2310 words)

	Cleft palate definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Cleft palate is a common physical birth defects, although not as common as cleft lip.
		Cleft palate is a part of many syndromes, for example, the popliteal pterygium syndrome, an autosomal (non-sex-linked) dominant disorder in which there is webbing behind the knees (pterygium means a wing) together with cleft palate and pits in the lower lip.
		Cleft Palate and Cleft Lip - Discusses cleft lip and cleft palate, which are facial and oral malformations that occur early in pregnancy.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6538 (368 words)

	Cleft Lip and Palate
		A cleft palate is an opening between the roof of the mouth and the nasal cavity.
		Doctors don't know exactly why a baby develops cleft lip or cleft palate, but believe it may be a combination of genetic (inherited) and environmental factors (such as certain drugs, illnesses, and the use of alcohol or tobacco while a woman is pregnant).
		Many children with clefts are especially vulnerable to ear infections because their eustachian tubes don't drain fluid properly from the middle ear into the throat.
	www.kidshealth.org /parent/medical/ears/cleft_lip_palate.html (2211 words)

	Health Minute: Cleft lip and Palate
		Kristian was born with a cleft lip and palate, his tiny face split by gaping holes in his upper lip and the roof of his mouth.
		The "cleft" in cleft lip and cleft palate is a gap in the upper lip or roof of the mouth that occurs when the mouth fails to form normally during a baby's development in the womb.
		Cleft lip, cleft palate, or a combined cleft lip and palate arises during the fifth or sixth week of pregnancy.
	www.med.umich.edu /opm/newspage/2003/cleftlip.htm (1752 words)

	Cleft Lip and Palate
		Cleft lip and palate are birth defects that occur while a baby is developing in the uterus.
		Babies born with a bilateral cleft lip have a gap on both sides of the lip, or they may have a deep split in the lip that extends into both nostrils.
		Cleft lip and palate are less common among babies of African ancestry.
	kidshealth.org /teen/diseases_conditions/sight/cleft.html (1610 words)

	Dental Health: Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
		Cleft lip and cleft palate are facial and oral malformations that occur very early in pregnancy, while the baby is developing inside its mother.
		A cleft lip is a physical split or separation of the two sides of the upper lip and appears as a narrow opening or gap in the skin of the upper lip.
		Cleft lip and cleft palate may also occur as a result of exposure to viruses or chemicals while the fetus is developing in the womb.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/66/79624.htm (1624 words)

	Wide Smiles: The Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Deformities Resources
		Jacob was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate, and Joey was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate.
		One child in 700 is born with a cleft.
		KIDZ Club area is for kids, created by kids born with clefts.
	www.widesmiles.org (631 words)

	Cleft Palate/Cleft Lip
		A cleft palate is a condition in which the roof of the mouth abnormally opens into the floor of the nose.
		Cleft palate and cleft lip are conditions present at birth.
		Cleft lip defects may be repaired shortly after birth, but many doctors prefer to operate on infants according to the "rule of 10"- when the child is at least 10 weeks old and weighs at least 10 pounds.
	www.hmc.psu.edu /childrens/healthinfo/c/cleft.htm (602 words)

	Vents Program: Cleft Segment
		The Cleft segment is the southern-most segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, from the intersection with the Blanco Fracture Zone at 44°30' N to 45°10' N where it overlaps with the Vance segment.
		The Cleft segment is of particular interest because, after yearly chemical and thermal monitoring since 1983, an extraordinarily large plume of hydrothermal effluent was discovered in 1986.
		Modeling of the dynamics of megaplume generation revealed that it was consistent with a sudden expulsion of fluids from a pre-existing hydrothermal system, probably from a fissure produced during an episode of seafloor extension.
	www.pmel.noaa.gov /vents/cleft_site.html (274 words)

	Introduction to Cleft Lip and Palate
		In cleft palate, the levator attaches anteriorly to the hard palate and often is hypoplastic, and the tensor may end at the hamulus, or insert into the lateral velum.
		Clefts of the primary palate usually have underdeveloped maxillary alveolar arches, and facial growth is abnormal.
		Cleft patients have an incompetent velopharyngeal valve, which results in nasal regurgitation while swallowing, as well as "typical cleft palate speech": Nasal escape of air (heard as snorting or grunting), a hypernasal quality, and difficulty with consonants.
	www.bcm.edu /oto/grand/6191.html (1968 words)

	eMedicine - Cleft Palate : Article by Michael J Biavati, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Among the total number of clefts, 20% are an isolated cleft lip (18% unilateral, 2% bilateral), 50% are a cleft lip and palate (38% unilateral, 12% bilateral), and 30% are a cleft palate alone.
		Cleft palate associated with ankyloglossia, an X-linked disorder, was shown to be caused by mutations of the TBX22 gene.
		Seibert RW, Wiet GJ, Bumsted RM: Cleft palate.
	www.emedicine.com /ent/topic136.htm (7564 words)

	Cleft lip definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms
		Cleft lip: The presence of one or two vertical fissures (clefts) in the upper lip -- cleft lip can be on one side only (unilateral) or on both sides (bilateral) -- resulting from failure of the normal process of fusion of the lip to come to completion during embryonic life.
		Cleft lip is one of the most common physical birth defects.
		Cleft lip is a part of many syndromes, for example, the trisomy 13 syndrome.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6537 (346 words)

	Cleft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cleft lips or palates occur in somewhere between one in 600 and one in 800 births.
		Cleft lip+/- palate is a congenital disorder of the craniofacial complex that occurs early during pregnancy and is present at birth.
		Cleft lips and palates are occasionally seen in dogs and rarely in cats and ferrets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cleft (3697 words)

	CCDD: Cleft Lip and Palate
		A cleft is due to the failure of fusion of parts of the lip or roof of the mouth during the early months of development of the unborn child.
		A cleft lip is a hole or gap in the upper lip.
		Cleft lip may occur either alone or with a cleft palate, which is an opening in the roof of the mouth.
	www.hopkinsmedicine.org /craniofacial/Gateway/CleftLip.cfm (1057 words)

	Cleft lip and cleft palate - MayoClinic.com
		Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects, affecting more than 5,000 infants a year in the United States — or about one in 700.
		A cleft is an opening or a split in the upper lip, the roof of the mouth (palate) or both.
		Cleft lip and cleft palate commonly occur as isolated birth defects, but they're also associated with more than 300 known genetic conditions.
	www.mayoclinic.com /health/cleft-palate/DS00738 (267 words)

	Quick Reference: Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
		Cleft palate repair generally is timed to restore the partition between the nose and mouth as early as possible (often between 9 and 18 months).
		Families with a history of cleft lip/palate, isolated cleft palate, or any other condition of which clefting is a part, may wish to discuss the chances of recurrence with a genetic counselor.
		Mutations of PVRL1, encoding a cell-cell adhesion molecule/herpesvirus receptor, in cleft lip/palate-ectodermal dysplasia.
	www.marchofdimes.com /professionals/14332_1210.asp (1893 words)

	Cleft Palate -- Topic Overview
		Cleft palate is a treatable birth defect in which the roof of the mouth (palate) does not develop normally during pregnancy, leaving an opening (cleft) that may go through to the nasal cavity.
		Cleft palate may involve any part of the palate, including the front part of the roof of the mouth (hard palate) or the small tag of tissue that hangs down from the soft palate (uvula).
		Cleft palate and cleft lip are the most common congenital defects of the head and neck.
	www.webmd.com /hw/raising_a_family/hw148354.asp (157 words)

	Pediatric Advisor 2006.2: Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
		There may be a cleft on one side of the upper lip or on both sides.
		In the case of a cleft palate, the soft part of the palate at the back of the mouth may have an opening, or the cleft may extend forward to the bony part of the palate called the hard palate.
		Sometimes clefts are associated with hereditary diseases that the family may be unaware of.
	www.med.umich.edu /1libr/pa/pa_cleft_hhg.htm (717 words)

	Cleft Palate Information
		So I am that person and slowly as more and more clefts are saved and those vets that recommended euthanasia get to see how well the pup does-repair is not necessary, but those vets then deal differently with clefts that come into their practice.
		I have raised 6 clefts myself, 5 were large full length midline clefts, and one was a small off center hard palate cleft.
		The other full midline clefts which were all open fairly equal from front to back, "ALL" did a close down in the center of the cleft, to the point of the palate touching or nearly touching.
	hennwood.tripod.com /cleft_pup_info.htm (2620 words)

	Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A cleft lip is a separation of the two sides of the lip.
		A cleft palate is an opening in the roof of the mouth in which the two sides of the palate did not join together.
		Sometimes clefts can be found in families who have had clefts in other family members.
	www.pedisurg.com /PtEduc/Cleft_Lip-Palate.htm (329 words)

	Cleft Lip / Cleft Palate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Bone grafting the dental ridge of the upper jaw is a procedure that may be performed on patients with cleft lips and palates.
		By taking small amounts of bone from elsewhere on the body, such as the hip, ribs, head, or leg, surgeons can reconstruct the area of the cleft near the teeth.
		The bone graft allows for the formation of a continuous upper gum, supporting the teeth, lip, and nose, and improving facial symmetry and stability.
	www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/peds_craniofacial/cleft.cfm (2384 words)

	Cleft Lip, Alvolus & Palate (May 2000)
		The nasal defect of a unilateral cleft lip is fairly constant. The ipsilateral lower lateral cartilage is usually flattened and rotated laterally and inferiorly, resulting in horizontal, short appearance. The columella is short and often bends and dislocates the septum. The overall appearance is a flattened dome with a wide, horizontal ipsilateral nostril.
		Millard DR. The embryonic rationale for primary correction of the cleft lip and palate Annals Roy Coll Surgeons Eng. 76: 150-60, 1994.
		Hutton DA et al. Preliminary characterization of mucin from the effusion of cleft palate patients.
	www.utmb.edu /otoref/Grnds/Clefts-0005/Clefts-0005.htm (1266 words)

	CLAPA : Home
		One in every 600-700 children in the UK is born with a cleft lip and / or palate...
		CLAPA has a network of local Branches and Volunteer Parent Contacts (who have personal experience of being a parent of a child born with a cleft or of having a cleft themselves).
		Even if you aren't directly affected by cleft lip and palate, you will probably know someone who is. Every donation counts, and every pound that you donate means a better future for people with clefts, and for their families.
	www.clapa.com (421 words)

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