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	Cleft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cleft lip is formed in the upper lip as either a small gap or dent in the lip (partial or incomplete cleft) or continues into the nose (complete cleft).
		Cleft palate is a condition in which the two plates of the skull that form the hard palate (roof of the mouth) are not completely joined.
		In some countries cleft lip or palate deformity are either tolerated or officially sanctioned reasons to perform abortion beyond the legal fetal age limit, even though the fetus is not in jeopardy of life or limb.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cleft_palate (794 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.
	my.webmd.com /content/article/66/79624.htm?z=4208_00000_9002_to_05 (1615 words)

	Cleft Palate Speech and Language -- Lenore Daniels Miller
		The child who is born with a cleft of the palate brings special considerations relative to communication development owing to the presence of the cleft.
		The child who is born with a cleft of the palate (with or without a cleft of the lip) presents a problem initially simply because of the opening in the roof of the mouth which is preventing the soft palate to close off the space between the nasal cavity and the mouth cavity.
		All children with clefts of the palate are born with middle ear fluid, as opposed to thirty percent of the population without clefts.
	www.samizdat.com /pp5.html (2118 words)

	eMedicine - Cleft Palate : Article by Michael J Biavati, MD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		Often, the decision to repair a submucous cleft palate is deferred until the patient is aged 4-5 years, when speech development is sufficient to determine the degree of hypernasality and the effect of the cleft on intelligibility.
		The goal of repair in patients with cleft palate is to separate the oral and nasal cavities; this separation involves the formation of a valve that is both watertight and airtight.
	www.emedicine.com /ent/topic136.htm (7497 words)

	Cleft Palate Foundation - About Cleft Lip & Palate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A cleft palate is an opening in the roof of the mouth in which the two sides of the palate did not fuse, or join together, as the unborn baby was developing.
		Because the lip and the palate develop separately, it is possible for the child to have a cleft lip, a cleft palate, or both cleft lip and cleft palate.
		The risks of recurrence of a cleft condition are dependent upon many factors, including the number of affected persons in the family, the closeness of affected relatives, the race and sex of all affected persons, and the severity of the clefts.
	www.cleftline.org /aboutclp (305 words)

	Cleft Palate
		Repair of a child’s cleft lip or cleft palate demands absolute precision and the ability not only to visualize a completed surgery, but to project that vision 20 years into the future, after the child is grown.
		An important surgical goal for patients with cleft palate is to address muscular deformities and repair the cleft in a way that allows the patient to have normal speech.
		Cleft lip and cleft palate are serious birth defects that can lead to many other physiological and psychological problems if not properly treated.
	physicianlink.uams.edu /casestudies/CSCleftLip.asp (741 words)

	Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
		A cleft palate is a split in the roof of the mouth.
		Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects, which means that they occur while a baby is developing inside his or her mother.
		Cleft lip is usually repaired by the time a baby is 3 to 6 months old, and a cleft palate is usually repaired at age 12 to 18 months.
	www.kidshealth.org /kid/health_problems/birth_defect/cleft_lip_palate.html (1107 words)

	From the Grand Rounds Archive at Baylor
		For centuries, perforations of the palate were considered to be secondary to syphilis, and cleft palate was not recognized as a congenital disorder until 1556, by Fanco.
		The primary palate is anterior to the incisive foramen, and the secondary palate is posterior to the foramen.
		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.
	www.bcm.edu /oto/grand/6191.html (1951 words)

	Surgical Repair of Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cleft lip surgery may be performed when a baby is two to three months old.
		While cleft palate surgery involves only a small part of the mouth in some children, in others it involves a larger area from the front to the back of the mouth.
		Clefts involving the gum line may require an operation to place extra bone in the gum, called an alveolar bone graft.
	www.entcolumbia.org /cleftrep.htm (878 words)

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		In the cleft palate patient incomplete fusion occurs at the palatal aponeurosis preventing the union of the muscular mass required for secondary palatal formation and function.
		Palatal appliances are indicated in patients unable to undergo anesthesia for surgical repair, with badly scarred postoperative palates, in patients refusing surgery, and with persistent palatal fistulae.
		At Texas Children's Hospital the cleft palate team is utilizing digital palatal facilitation with pressure being applied to the posterior muscular palate, compressing this flaccid structure posterosuperiorly until contact is made to the posterior pharyngeal wall.
	www.bcm.tmc.edu /oto/grand/2493.html (1431 words)

	What is cleft Lip and cleft palate? (from CLAPA Ireland) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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 cleft palate are correctable birth defects.
	www.cleft.ie /whatis.htm (556 words)

	Cleft Lip and Palate
		Oral-facial clefts are birth defects in which the tissues of the mouth or lip don't form properly during fetal development.
		A cleft palate is an opening between the roof of the mouth and the nasal cavity.
		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.
	kidshealth.org /parent/medical/ears/cleft_lip_palate.html (2215 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 (433 words)

	Cleft lip and palate - causes, treatment and surgery
		Each year in the UK, about one in every 700 babies are born with either a cleft lip (a gap or split in the upper lip), a cleft palate (a gap in the roof of the mouth) or both of these.
		Ideally, children with cleft lip and palate are treated by a specialist "cleft team" that includes plastic, maxillofacial and ENT surgeons as well as speech and language therapists, dentists, orthodontists, psychologists and specialist nurses.
		Evidence suggests that the risk of cleft lip and palate is associated with the use of high-dose oral corticosteroids during early pregnancy.
	hcd2.bupa.co.uk /fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/cleft_lip.html (1080 words)

	Soft and Cleft Palate probems in dogs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first and foremost is the possibility of a cleft palate or oronasal fistula (opening between the mouth and nasal passages) for some other reason.
		Cleft palates are considered to be an inherited trait.
		Primary cleft palates are obvious as they cause the typical "harelip" appearance that people think of with cleft palate.
	www.vetinfo.com /dpalate.html (1425 words)

	Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth abnormalities of the lip and mouth.
		Cleft lip may vary greatly, from a mild notch in the lip to a severe opening up through the nose.
		While infants with only cleft lip do not usually have problems feeding, infants with cleft palate may be unable to suck properly because the roof of the mouth is malformed.
	www.entcolumbia.org /cleft.htm (865 words)

	Medical References: Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Clefts that occur in the oral-facial region often involve the lip, the roof of the mouth (hard palate) or the soft tissue in the back of the mouth (soft 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).
		Mutations of PVRL1, encoding a cell-cell adhesion molecule/herpesvirus receptor, in cleft lip/palate-ectodermal dysplasia.
	www.marchofdimes.com /professionals/681_1210.asp (1907 words)

	Westie Health Concerns - Cleft Palate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The hard palate in the anterior (front) part of the mouth is formed by two bony plates, one on each side, that normally fuse at the midline during fetal life.
		The cleft palate of the type seen in Westies is formed when the two bony plates of the hard palate fail to fuse normally in the fetus.
		Portions of the soft palate may or may not be involved, and a cleft lip can occasionally occur with the cleft palate.
	www.westieclubamerica.com /health/cleftpalate.html (370 words)

	Cleft lip, cleft palate reconstructive surgery - Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Cleft lip can be an isolated event or can be found in conjunction with a cleft palate.
		More than half of cleft lips occur with a cleft palate where there is a failure of the two sides of the roof of the mouth to fuse in the midline to form a complete palate.
		Clefts that involve the lip and the palate are more significant in that cleft palates can affect feeding, weight gain, middle ear function, speech and facial growth.
	www.hopeforkids.com /body_cleft_lip[1].html (322 words)

	PROVET HEALTHCARE INFORMATION - Cleft Palate
		Cleft palate is commonly seen by veterinarians in dogs, cats and other species.
		Defects (clefts) in the hard palate that forms the roof of the mouth, or the soft palate which lies caudally and separates the oropharynx from the nasopharynx may be congenital or acquired.
		Congenital cleft palate is an abnormality which is thought to occur during fusion of the maxillary process with the medial nasal process, when the mesodermal fusion develops across the fused epithelial surfaces.
	www.provet.co.uk /health/diseases/cleftpalate.htm (1037 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Cleft lip and palate
		Cleft lip and palate are congenital (present from before birth) abnormalities that affect the upper lip and the hard and soft palate of the mouth.
		A physical examination of the mouth, nose and palate confirms the presence of cleft lip or cleft palate.
		A cleft palate is usually closed within the first year of life to enhance normal speech development.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/001051.htm (528 words)

	Cleft Palate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The palate (roof of the mouth) is a wall, partitioning the nasal and oral cavities.
		The hard palate forms the front portion of this partition and is made up of two bony plates (one on each side) that are normally fused together at their midline juncture.
		The cleft (hole) drastically impacts nursing ; suction is affected, a portion of the food that the puppy is able to draw is passed into the nasal cavity, the nasal cavity is highly prone to infection, and the puppy will literally wear itself out trying to satisfy it's appetite.
	www.barkbytes.com /medical/med0037.htm (272 words)

	Common Congenital Disorders-Cleft Lip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The cleft lip deformity is the most common congenital deformity seen in the United States.
		Sometimes the cleft palate is related to a small lower jaw (Pierre Robin Sequence).
		The repair of the cleft palate is usually completed around 6-7 months of age.
	www.ppsca.com /cleft.htm (659 words)

	Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland
		The Cleft Lip and Palate Association of Ireland (CLAPAI), registered charity, is a voluntary group formed to provide support and information for parents of children affected by cleft lip and palate and those directly affected by the condition.
		A cleft palate is an opening in the roof of the mouth.
		The cleft database is a set of information on children or adults who present with cleft lip and/or palate.
	www.cleft.ie (325 words)

	Smiles - Welcome
		"SMILES" is a group of dedicated families who have developed a first-hand understanding of the needs of children with cleft lip, cleft palate and craniofacial deformities.
		Through our personal sensitivity, energy, knowledge, and love we are dedicated to improve the lives of these children in our country and around the world.
		We take care of children with cleft lips or palate in the first few days of life.
	www.cleft.org (159 words)

	Cleft Lip and Palate - DrGreene.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		People might have cleft lip and palate for genetic reasons, because of a medical syndrome (such as fragile X syndrome), or because of exposure to drugs or toxins during development.
		The cleft may be just a tiny notch in the lip or a defect where the barrier between the mouth and nose is missing.
		Sometimes the bone of the palate is cleft, but the overlying tissue in the mouth is intact.
	www.drgreene.com /21_1046.html (435 words)

	Smiles - Breastfeeding
		ith the birth of a child who has a cleft lip, palate, or both a cleft lip and palate, comes many uncertainties regarding the cause, effect and repair of the cleft.
		lthough choking due to milk leakage into the nose is a common problem when there is an opening in the soft or hard palate, human milk is a natural bodily fluid that is not irritating to the mucous membranes.
		Therefore, breastmilk is the optimal choice for feeding a cleft lip or palate baby.
	www.cleft.org /breastfeeding.htm (402 words)

	Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate -- familydoctor.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Remember that cleft lip and cleft palate are not dangerous to your child.
		Before the abnormality is corrected with surgery, a prosthesis, or artificial palate, may be used to fill the gap in a cleft palate so that your baby can nurse and make the sounds that are the beginnings of speech.
		Infants with both cleft lip and cleft palate seldom can breast-feed, but breast milk or formula can be fed with a soft plastic bottle and a crosscut nipple.
	familydoctor.org /handouts/034.html (1067 words)

	Pediatric Oncall- SPEECH AND CLEFT LIP & CLEFT PALATE
		But palate repair carried out at around 12 months of age is generally preferred.
		Unfortunately for some children, early surgery may not be possible because of other handicapped conditions and extensiveness of the cleft of palate.
		A: This need may arise where the cosmetic outcome of the lip and nose repairs is not satisfactory or the function of the velopharyngeal mechanism is not adequate for speech or there is a blockage of the nasal airway.
	www.pediatriconcall.com /forpatients/SpeechandHearing/speech_cleft_lippat.asp (379 words)

	Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.
		This all depends on the severity of their cleft and how the child heals after surgery is completed.
	www.pedisurg.com /PtEduc/Cleft_Lip-Palate.htm (329 words)

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