OBJECTIVE Cleft lip and palate (CLP) may cause functional limitations even after adequate surgical and non-surgical treatment, speech disorders being one of them. Interindividually, they vary a lot, showing typical articulation specifics such as nasal emission and shift of articulation and therefore a diminished intelligibility. Until now, an objective means to determine and quantify the intell...

Cleft of the primary and secondary palate in human beings is a frequent congenital malformation occurring once in 800 live births.' In Michigan, this congenital defect is incident once in 740 live births.2 Although both genetic and environmental forces are involved in cleft formation, the genetic mechanism has not been described adequately or have specific environmental agents been identified. ...

Kazakova, Irina, "Effects of Cleft Palate+/-Lip surgery and speech therapy on language development in children with cleft palate +/-lip.

Individuals with cleft palate, even those with adequate velopharyngeal function, are at high risk for disordered lingual articulation. This article attempts to summarize current knowledge of abnormal tongue-palate contact patterns derived from electropalatographic (EPG) data in speakers with cleft palate. These data, which have been reported in 23 articles published over the past 20 years, have...

Cleft lip and palate is a congenital deformity associated with maxillary sagittal transverse discrepancies. Feeding an immediate concern in children born cleft as it delays their normal growth. A feeding plate essential for proper nutrition, has role craniofacial development decreases the incidence of otitis media nasopharyngeal infections. This case report describes single visit technique fabr...

Patients with cleft lip and palate usually present dental anomalies of number, shape, structure and position in the cleft area and the general dentist is frequently asked to restore or extract those teeth. Considering that several anatomic variations are expected in teeth adjacent to cleft areas and that knowledge of these variations by general dentists is required for optimal treatment, the ob...

The aim of this prospective study is to determine the incidences of cleft lip and palate in Karnataka & Kerala population. It also highlights a part of embryological aspect and theories that help to correlate and understand the incidence of the congenital anomaly. This prospective study were conducted in 1000 patients having cleft lip and palate deformities and classified, incidences and types ...

The effect of prenatal administration of different doses of cortisone, corticosterone, dexamethasone, triamcinolone and prednisolone on the fetus and its palatal development was studied. All the glucocorticoids, except cortisone, produced cleft palate in the fetuses. Both the total frequency and morphologically different types of cleft palate were related to the dose of the teratogen. Triamcino...

OBJECTIVE Feeding difficulties are reported widely in infants with cleft lip and/ or palate. There is, however, a paucity of objective information about the feeding patterns of these infants. This study compared patterns of feeding in infants with unrepaired cleft lip and palate with healthy noncleft infants of a similar age. SETTING North Thames Regional Cleft Centre. The noncleft cohort was...

Tooth disorders in the anterior region of the maxilla are very common among patients with cleft lip, alveolar bone and palate. The authors concentrate on dental disorders, erupting problems and root development, specifying dental anomalies - especially regarding the lateral incisor, central incisor and canine. Disorders may relate to the shape of the tooth, its location, size, number and they c...