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Cleft palate

Cleft palate: Introduction

Cleft palate: Birth defect of lip and mouth. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Cleft palate is available below.

Symptoms of Cleft palate

• Split in the upper lip - severity ranging from a small notch to a deep split
• Split in the upper palate - the roof of the mouth
• Difficulty drinking
• Difficulty swallowing
• Speech defects
• more symptoms...»

Read more about symptoms of Cleft palate

Treatments for Cleft palate

• Surgical repair
• Reconstructive surgery
• Plastic surgery
• Dental therapy
• Orthodontic treatments
• more treatments...»

See full list of 6 treatments for Cleft palate

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Cleft palate?

• Failure to diagnose Cleft palate
• Hidden causes of Cleft palate (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Cleft palate

Cleft palate: Related Patient Stories

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• unknown symptom on lips
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• lip discolouration
• Bump on lip..

Cleft palate: Deaths

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Cleft palate: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Cleft palate:

• Speech defects (see Speech symptoms)
• Dental problems
• Hearing disorders
• more complications...»

Causes of Cleft palate

• Short rib-polydactyly syndrome type 4
• Postaxial acrofacial dysostosis syndrome
• Holoprosencephaly
• Pierre Robin syndrome
• Crouzon craniofacial dysostosis
• more causes...»

See full list of 34 causes of Cleft palate

Read more about causes of Cleft palate.

More information about causes of Cleft palate:

• Cleft palate as a complication caused by other conditions
• Cleft palate as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Cleft palate

Disease Topics Related To Cleft palate

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Cleft palate:

• Cleft velum
• Submucous cleft
• Velopharyngeal insufficiency
• Palatal incompetence
• Cleft deformity
• Cleft lip
• more related diseases...»

Cleft palate: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Plastic Surgery Specialists:
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Facial Plastic Surgery
  • Plastic Surgery within the Head & Neck
• Baby & Newborn Health Specialists:
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists:
  • Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat)
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology (Child Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist)
  • Otology / Neurotology (Ear/Hearing Specialists)
• Child Health Specialists (Pediatrics):
  • Pediatrics (Child Health Specialist)
  • Adolescent Medicine (Teen Health)
  • Pediatric / Adolescent Psychiatry (Child/Teen Mental Health)
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (Child Allergies / Immune Diseases)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Pediatric Dentistry (Child Dental Health)
  • Pediatric Dermatology (Child Skin Health)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Cleft palate

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Cleft palate:

• Child Health (Pediatrics) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Cleft palate, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experience Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Latest Treatments for Cleft palate

• Surgery
• more treatments...»

Read more about the latest treatments for Cleft palate

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Cleft palate

Medical research articles related to Cleft palate include:

• Maternal overweight and obesity and the risk of congenital anomalies: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
• Diagnosis and treatment of otitis media in children.
• The diagnosis and management of rhinitis. An updated practice parameter.
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Otitis Media in Children
• Diagnosis and management of asthma.
• Surgical management of children with otitis media with effusion (OME)
• Do you have any information on pregnancy and diet?
• more research...»

Click here to find more evidence-based articles on the TRIP Database

Cleft palate: Animations

More Cleft palate animations & videos

Research about Cleft palate

Visit our research pages for current research about Cleft palate treatments.

Clinical Trials for Cleft palate

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Cleft palate include:

• Cleft Palate Surgery and Speech Development - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Birth Defects Treatment and Prevention Program: Tertiary Prevention by Systematic Pediatric Care - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Birth Defects Treatment and Prevention Program: Oral Cleft Prevention Program - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Folic acid (0.4mg vs. 4.0mg)
• Assessing the Results of Lip Surgery in Patients With Cleft Lip and Palate - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• 3D Imaging of Hard and Soft Tissue in Orthognathic Surgery - This study is not yet open for patient recruitment (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• more trials...»

See full list of 25 Clinical Trials for Cleft palate

Statistics for Cleft palate

• Medical statistics for Cleft palate
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Cleft palate
• Death and Mortality statistics for Cleft palate
• Society statistics for Cleft palate

Cleft palate: Broader Related Topics

• Congenital malformations
• Mouth conditions
• Oral conditions
• more types...»

Types of Cleft palate

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Definitions of Cleft palate:

Congenital fissure of the soft and/or hard palate, due to faulty fusion. - (Source - Diseases Database)

A congenital fissure of the hard palate - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Cleft palate as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

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