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Cleft lip is when the lip forms between the fourth and the seventh week of the pregnancy. When the baby is developing during pregnancy, the body tissue and the special cells from each side of the head grows toward the center and joins together to make the face. The symptoms of cleft lip is a split in the lip and roof of the mouth and it can sometimes affect both sides of the face. Sometimes a cleft only occurs in the muscles of the soft palate, signs or symptoms are having trouble feeding the child

Oral Clefts Leslie Adams West Coast University Abstract A lack of fusion from the nasal and maxillary processes that form the upper lip is considered to a cleft lip (Damjanov, 2012). Cleft lip can be from air pollution, nitrate intake from water, prenatal smoking, diabetes, and medications. Trisomy 13 and 18, Van der Woude syndrome, Velocardiofacial syndrome and Median facial dysplasia are common syndromes that cleft lip is associated with (Venkatesh 2009). An increase of O3 can possibly

Cleft lip and/or palate are facial and oral malformations that develop during the 1st trimester in pregnancy. There are three possible conditions that can occur alone or even as part of a genetic condition or syndrome. These include cleft lip, cleft palate, and cleft lip with palate. The diagnosis of this condition is sometimes extremely different for parents to hear and the implications of how the parents react can sometimes negatively affect how the baby develops. The research behind this article

#6 Cleft/Lip Palate 1. Definition: • A face and mouth malformation that affects the fetus’s development early on in pregnancy. • Cleft lip is when the lip actually splits on both sides of the upper lip, leaving a gap • Cleft palate is when the palate of the opening of the mouth actually splits 2. What are the causes/risk factors: • The cause is typically unknown, yet most are believing it is linked to genetic or environmental factors. • Risk Factors:  Smoking  Diabetes  Use of certain medications

RELAIBLITY DATA IN NORMALS AND CLEFT LIP AND PALATE. Abstract Introduction Cleft lip and palate is an abnormal opening or fissure in an anatomical structure. Cleft is a congenital condition present at birth due to inherited condition .The causes for the cleft are both endogenous and exogenous factors. It is also due to the disruption in embryological development. Cleft palate occurs when the section of

If you were born with a cleft lip, then you may fear you will pass the gene that causes it onto your child or even had an ultrasound that already detected that your child will be born with this condition. First, realize that although researchers do suspect that a specific gene may be involved in cleft lip development, not all parents with the condition do pass it on. However, if you already know your child will be born with this condition or just want to be prepared if your child does inherit the

Pediatric Plastic Surgery: Cleft Lips Mary Elizabeth Barnes English IV 25 September 2015 I plan on becoming a pediatric plastic surgeon after attending Southern Methodist University, and medical school at UNiveristy of Texas at Austin. Cleft Lips are a huge problem among newborns no matter where a doctor is in the world. They form in the wound and do not grow back together naturally so the only way to fix it is surgery. Pediatric plastic surgeons can specialize in cleft lip corrections helping many

Cleft and Right The vast majority of people seldom reflect on the possibility of birth defects or malformations in their children. Most will rest easy knowing that their child is healthy and developing normally in the womb because of modern medical advances. However, there is always a risk. Despite the probability being small, there are always risks of complications. Cleft lip or palate affects only 1 in 700 births throughout the entirety of the planet. Clefts are congenital and there are environmental

Cleft palate is a congenital birth defect. Treatment of cleft palate requires the interdisciplinary efforts of a Cleft Palate/Craniofacial team, which includes speech-language pathologists and dentists. Approximately fifty percent of individuals who suffer from cleft palate have been shown to have disorders in speech and/or language, with the potential to benefit from treatment (LeDuc, 2008). Individuals with cleft palate may experience secondary disorders such as feeding and suckling difficulties

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