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Cleft Lip/Cleft Palate
What it is
Cleft lip
The lip forms between the fourth and seventh weeks of pregnancy. During development, body tissue and special cells from each side of the head grow toward the center of the face.
They join together to form facial features like the lips and mouth.
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A cleft lip happens if the tissue making up the upper lip doesn't join completely before birth, leaving an opening. The opening can be small, or it can go through the lip into the nose.
A cleft lip can be on one or both sides of the lip or in the middle of the lip.
Children with a cleft lip also can have a cleft palate.
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Cleft palate
The roof of the mouth (palate) is formed between the sixth and ninth weeks of pregnancy.
Causes of cleft lip and palate
A cleft palate happens if the tissue that makes up the palate doesn't join together completely. For some babies, both the front and back parts of the palate are open. For other babies, only part of the palate is open.
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Together, these birth defects are called "orofacial clefts".
If the orofacial clefts are not surgically
- how soon can cleft lip and palate be diagnosed
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