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Do cleft palates and cleft lips occur together?
Babies may have cleft lips with or without cleft palates. Cleft palates may also occur without cleft lips
Do Cleft lips invovle the whole lip?
Cleft lips may involve one or both sides of the lip
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.
How common are cleft lips?
A cleft chin, or a chin with a dimple in it, almost resembling that of a butt is pretty common amongst people. All a cleft chin really is- is a Y-shaped fissure on the jaw bone.
How long is a cleft lips?
The length of the opening ranges from a small notch, to a cleft that extends into the base of the nostril
Can Cleft lips be prevented?
There is no known means of preventing clefting
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
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.
How often do Japanese have cleft lips?
The incidence among Japanese newborns is 2.1 in 1,000
How often do Whites have cleft lips?
The incidence among whites is one in 1,000 newborns
How are people with cleft lips and cleft palates treated differently?
They can be treated very differently. I have one and I am called ugly. It really shoots me down and makes me feel useless. They can be looked at funny or called weird. It sin't their fault that it happened and it's really hard to prevent it. They (me) want to be treated like a normal person and not like a freak. I have cleft palate and it effects my speech (I went through therapy and it didn't help much for me) all through elementary school kids made fun of my speech and I have friends with cleft lip who also were made fun of. I can tell u it is degrading and especially when your little. Me and my friends were always missing school cause we had a bunch of doctors appointments and some kids thought we were really sick
How often do African Americans have cleft lips?
African Americans have an incidence of 0.3 in 1,000 newborns
