Helping Children with Cleft Lips or Cleft Paletes

The childhood development of the individual followed the normal development patterns that are expected. In the childhood stage the individual development changed rapidly and their ability to be active and learn new skills improves on a daily basis. During childhood a child will grow steadier compared to an infant. A child’s body and organs size grows at a steady pace. By the age of 6 a child’s head will be 90% of a full adult size even though the rest of a child’s body has a lot more to grow and to develop. Until a child reaches late childhood, and entering adolescence, an individual’s reproductive organs are still not fully developed. Infants and children can suffer from delayed development. This could cause potential effects

The cleft needs to be repaired (through surgical interventions like palatoplasty) because it’s extremely important for feeding and swallowing, as well as speech. Similar to sleep, without sufficient nutrition, an individual will not be able to fully develop. A lack of sufficient nutrition will affect an individual’s cognitive ability, as well as their physical health. This is why surgical intervention is such a critical component of the process and one of the steps that is completed earlier on in the process. In addition to cleft palates, velopharyngeal insufficiency is a common symptom for about forty percent of individuals with TCS, and is often related to a cleft palate. Velopharyngeal insufficiency can be related to issues with breathing and feeding. It is also related to articulation problems and hypernasality. The articulation issues are likely due to the lack of ability to build pressure and without pressure consonants are altered (Goorhuis-Brouwer & Priester, 2008,

The researchers depended on birth defects statistics which can be found in medical record to support their results about the effect of folic acid fortification on NTDs (Chen et al., 2008). This data showed that although there was a declining in NTDs’ prevalence in prefortification, the NTDs’ prevalence did not continue to decline in postfortifcation (Chen et al., 2008). Hence, this study’s results conflict with the results of De Wals et al’s study which claimed that folic acid fortification decreases the NTDs’ prevalence after the full fortification period (De Wals et al., 2008).

Children with cleft palate are at risk for failure to gain weight, feeding problems, flow of milk through nasal passages when feeding, poor growth, repeated ear infections,

As stated before FAS is the leading cause of mental retardation. There may be mild to severe growth retardation including decreased birthweight and head circumference in addition to continued growth retardation for height, weight and head circumference. Children with FAS fail to ever catch up in growth during the preschool years and have a tendency to remain thin even though there is adequate nutrition. These children often have anomalies and deformed facial features such as short palpebral fissures, flat midface, thin upper lip, indistinct philtrum, epicanthal folds, low nasal bridge, minor ear anomalies, micrognathia, strabismus, ptosis of the upper eyelid, narrow receding forehead, and a short upturned nose (Hess and Kenner 2). In broader terms the face of a FAS child includes a small head; a small maxilla which is the upper jaw; short, upturned nose; smooth philtrum which is a groove in the upper lip; smooth and thin upper lip; and small slightly narrow eyes with noticeable epicanthal folds (http://www.adam.com/ency/article/0009111.sym.htm). In the American Journal of Public Health and article called Tobacco and alcohol use during pregnancy and risk of oral clefts, described a study conducted to examine the relationship between alcohol consumption during the first trimester of pregnancy and oral clefts (Lorente, Cordier, Goujard and Ayme 1). First of all during the 6th through

CHARGE syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that manifests itself in 1 in 10,000 newborns. The syndrome is characterized by complex yet identifiable clinical features including Coloboma- which involves a cleft in one of the structures of the eye, heart defects, choanal atresia- a narrowing or blockage of the nasal cavity, retardation of growth and development, genitourinary malformation and various ear abnormalities (Kim et al., 2014). Although these malformations are associated with CHARGE syndrome, the specific pattern and severity of symptoms varies among diagnosed individuals (Hsu et al., 2014).

These are problems that are commonly found during your child’s developmental stages. We offer a range of solutions in order to help your child have the beautiful, comfortable smile they deserve.

These characteristics can gradually diminish as the child ages, but it is important to note that diagnosis does not change because of this.

This raises the question “Is dental work during pregnancy necessary? Is it safe?” The American Academy of Periodontology and the American Dental Association supports the maintenance of oral health during pregnancy (Wrzosek and Einarson, 2009). Steinberg, Hilton, Iida and Samelson (2013) also acknowledged the need for dental care, stating that it is safe. If dental treatment is indicated, why did Lee et al., (2010) find such discrepancy in perception among dentists? This essay will discuss the oral-systemic changes observed during pregnancy, its effects on dental treatments, considerations in cases of severe odontogenic infections and the effects of maternal periodontal status on fetus.

Achondroplasia can not only be diagnosed on a molecular level, but also on a physical level. Newborns with the disorder usually have abnormally long torsos with noticeably short arms and legs. Their heads are large and their foreheads prominent. They have

Treacher Collins syndrome, a rare congenital syndrome that occurs in only about one out of every fifty-thousand live births (Trainor, Dixon, & Dixon, 2008) can have a significant affects on craniofacial development. Treacher Collins syndrome, also known as mandibulofacial dysotosis is an autosomal dominant condition, with variable expressivity (Kummer, 2014). There are many features that are said to be classic features of the syndrome, which can help in diagnosis of the condition. Throughout the lifetime of a person with Treacher Collins syndrome, he or she may undergo multiple surgeries, depending on the severity of his or her specific case. Because of the variability of expression and severity, there is no “typical” case of Treacher Collins

Individuals with cleft palate may experience secondary disorders such as feeding and suckling difficulties in infancy, facial deformities, hypernasality, and difficulty maintaining sufficient intraoral pressure to properly produce pressure consonants. These problems can occur at multiple stages as a child grows into adolescence and young

The video that was observed was a three-year child that was given a modified barium swallow. The child is diagnosed with a microdeletion of the twenty-second chromosome. He also suffers from multiple heart defects, scoliosis, immune deficiencies, and developmental delays. The child's oral preparatory, oral transport, pharyngeal, and esophageal stages of swallowing were observed during the modified barium swallow.

A cleft palate (CP) occurs during the embryonic stage of life and is a craniofacial malformation (Masih et al., 2014). This oral malformation varies within babies as well as in severity. CP can range from an opening at the back of the soft palate (the soft portion on the roof of the mouth), to a nearly complete separation of the roof of the mouth (Masih et al., 2014). During the time of development CP and cleft lip (CL) are results of the maxillary prominence not joining together with the frontonasal properly (Mahboubi, Truong, & Pham, 2015).

There is no actual resolution for this article, but there is more research to be covered on this topic. Further research is needed to assess potential of prenatal psychosocial counseling. Increasing the use of oral health services and the improved of oral health among the under population. The significant finding for anxiety, then of depression needs further research to determine the role of anxiety-specific influences in the development of adverse oral health outcomes (Silveira, Whitcomb, Pekow, Carbone, & Chasan-Taber,