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Cleft lips may involve one or both sides of the lip

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How are cleft lips defined?

As well as unilateral or bilateral, cleft lips are further classified as complete or incomplete. A complete cleft is the entire lip, and usually the alveolar arch. An incomplete cleft involves only part of the lip.


What are the potential causes of a cleft lip?

Cleft lip is a congenital malformation in which the left and right sides of the upper lip do not join up properly. There may be genetic influences, as well as environmental or nutritional causes, but these are poorly understood. The proximate cause of cleft lip is a fusion defect, though.


Is cleft lip and cleft chin the same thing?

A "cleft lip" affects just the patient's lip, and a "cleft palate" affects the palate, or the roof of your mouth.


What are the ideal results of cleft lip repair?

Symmetrically shaped nostrils, and lips that appear as natural as possible and have a functional muscle.


What is a good home remedy for a cleft lip?

A good home remedy for a cleft lip is to use makeup to cover any gaps. Lots of foundation that is similar to your skin, along with lipstick that is similar to the color of your lips should work fine.


Did Katie prices daughter have a cleft lip?

No, Princess didn't have a cleft lip.


What is the prevalence of unilateral cleft lip?

A unilateral cleft lip, commonly occurring on the left side, is more common than a bilateral cleft lip.


What does it mean when someone has a 'cat lip'?

Cat lip or the Harelip is a disease called Cleft lip (cheiloschisis) or cleft palate (palatoschisis). However they can occur together as Cleft lip and palate.


What is the prevalence of cleft lip amongst men as compared to women?

Cleft lip occurs more often in males, while cleft palate is more likely to occur in females. Cleft lip alone occurs in about 20% of cases, both genders. 80%--have both cleft lip and cleft palate.


How do you get cleft palate?

The condition is congenital; that is, babies who have cleft lip, cleft palate, or both are born with the condition. For more information, see: http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/special/birth/034.htmlit is a birth defect


Information about Peyton Mannings cleft lip?

yes paton manning had cleft lip


How are Cleft lip and palate diagnosed?

Cleft lip and palate can be diagnosed before birth by ultrasound