Cleft lip and/or palate is a congenital abnormality that is seen frequently around the world. On average, about 1 in every 500-750 live births result...

the middle. A cleft palate occurs when the palate (the roof of the mouth) contains an opening into the nose. The term orofacial cleft refers to either condition...

controlled by the pharyngeal branch of the vagus nerve. A bifid or bifurcated uvula is a split or cleft uvula. Newborns with cleft palate often also have...

characterized by an unusually small mandible, posterior displacement or retraction of the tongue, and upper airway obstruction. Cleft palate (incomplete...

many birth defects have no known cause. An example of a birth defect is cleft palate, which occurs during the fourth through seventh weeks of gestation. Body...

of the hand. The incidence of cleft hand varies from 1 in 90,000 to 1 in 10,000 births depending on the used classification. Cleft hand can appear unilateral...

position and eruption pattern in population of unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate patients". The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 45 (2): 154–162...

frequent infections, developmental disability, intellectual disability and cleft palate. Associated conditions include kidney problems, schizophrenia, hearing...

for one form of cleft palate that is exclusive to Tollers. Early testing shows a carrier rate of about 15%. A survey conducted in 2002 by the Canadian Nova...

abnormalities Musculoskeletal problems Scoliosis Social anxiety Seizures Cleft palate Feeding problems Children with this syndrome are often found to have...

might reduce the incidence of long-term relapse. The most common causes of cleft lip and palate are genetic and environmental factors. Clefts are known to...

repairing cleft palate/lip, repairing heart malformations or spinal surgery. Some patients with Goldenhar syndrome will require assistance as they grow by means...

shingles incidence were conducted among populations where varicella vaccination was not as yet widespread in the community. A later study by Patel et...

temporoparietal bossing, hypertelorism, mandibular prognathism, cleft lip or palate, and macrocephaly. Bilateral ovarian fibromas 10% develop cardiac...

associated with many features such as popliteal webbing (pterygium), cleft lip or palate, syndactyly, and genetic anomalies with the severity and expression...

may also be caused by similar diets. Some have reported links with various human leukocyte antigens, such as increased incidence of HLA-DR5, HLA-DRW6...

2001).) Unlike brushing, fluoride leads to proven reduction in caries incidence by approximately 25%; higher concentrations of fluoride (>1,000 ppm) in...

positive association between consanguinity and reported cleft lip/palate cases. Historically, populations of Qatar have engaged in consanguineous relationships...

physical impairments such as cleft lip and palate, and vocal abuse or misuse. After strokes, there is known to be a higher incidence of apraxia of speech, which...

be caused by environmental or behavioral factors such as muscles of mastication, nocturnal mouth breathing, and cleft lip and cleft palate. Muscle factors...

processes results in a cleft lip. A median cleft lip is the result of a failed fusion between the two nasomedial processes. The palate is formed between the...

disorder. Pregnant women who smoke may be at risk of having a child with cleft palate. Smoking during pregnancy can result in lower birth weight as well as...

general population have an elongated styloid process, and of these about 4% give rise to the symptoms of Eagle syndrome. Therefore, the incidence of stylohyoid...

accompanied by a prominent back portion of the head (occiput), low-set, malformed ears, abnormally small jaw (micrognathia), cleft lip/cleft palate, upturned...

cases occur with anosmia and can be termed as Kallmann syndrome. Cleft palate, cleft lip or other midline cranio-facial defects. Neural hearing impairment...

some reports of up to a prevalence of 3% of the population. A few studies have reported that the incidence of the syndrome varies between three and six per...

Fingernail dysplasia Short-limbed dwarfism, mesomelic pattern Short ribs Cleft palate Malformation of the wrist bones (fusion of the hamate and capitate bones)...

relatively common, particularly rocker-bottom feet or clubfoot. Cleft lip and palate are relatively common in people with distal 18q-. Kidney abnormalities...

involuntary eye movements). Cleft lip with or without a cleft palate: Alcohol is known to be a folic acid antagonist, and a baby's palate and lip develop during...

ears Skeletal anomalies: Spinal column abnormalities, including sagittal cleft vertebrae, butterfly vertebrae, narrow intervertebral disc space, and/or...