Besides the pediatrician, a child's treatment team will include:. Most kids with cleft palate are treated successfully with no lasting problems. A team experienced in treating children with cleft lip and palate can create a treatment plan tailored to your child's needs.
The psychologists and social workers on the treatment team are there for you and your child. So turn to them to help guide you through any hard times. You also can find more information and support online:. Reviewed by: Brian C. Larger text size Large text size Regular text size.
What Is a Cleft Palate? The opening can: just be in the back of the palate the soft palate or extend into the front of the palate behind the gums the hard palate Sometimes the opening in the palate can connect with an opening in the gums and the lip cleft lip and palate.
A baby with a cleft might have: only a cleft palate only a cleft lip both a cleft lip and a cleft palate. What Causes Cleft Palate? How Is a Cleft Palate Treated? The goals of palatoplasty are to: Close the opening between the nose and mouth.
Help create a palate that works well for speech. Prevent food and liquid from leaking out of the nose. In this surgery, a plastic surgeon will: Close the cleft in layers. Cleft lip and palate can occur together or separately within a new-born baby. If a child has a cleft lip only, they generally do not have any feeding or speech difficulties. However, a baby with a cleft palate will have difficulties with early feeding if the cleft is not surgically repaired.
Often a child with a cleft palate even if it has been repaired will have some difficulties with speech production. Diagnosis alone is NOT the solution. It simply opens the door to getting the help that is needed by arming all involved with the relevant information. The help that is provided at least from a therapy perspective will reflect:.
More specific implications of not seeking treatment will be influenced by the common difficulties that are most influencing your individual child.
For more information see the relevant fact sheets under areas of concern or refer to the other relevant resources section below. A diagnosis helps the child and their carers parents, teachers, health professionals, carers to:.
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We're not around right now. But you can send us an email and we'll get back to you, asap. Babies with cleft palate will generally have difficulty with sucking and swallowing feeding because they are unable to form a seal around the teat and produce the pressure and suck needed to extract the milk from the bottle or teat.
Children with cleft palate are more prone to ear infections which may affect hearing. Cleft lips affect the physical appearance of a child and when repaired, the child will still have a scar. This can affect confidence and self esteem in some children. In many babies, a definite cause isn't discovered. The mother or the father can pass on genes that cause clefting, either alone or as part of a genetic syndrome that includes a cleft lip or cleft palate as one of its signs.
In some cases, babies inherit a gene that makes them more likely to develop a cleft, and then an environmental trigger actually causes the cleft to occur. Several factors may increase the likelihood of a baby developing a cleft lip and cleft palate, including:.
Males are more likely to have a cleft lip with or without cleft palate. Cleft palate without cleft lip is more common in females. In the United States, cleft lip and palate are reportedly most common in Native Americans and least common in African-Americans.
Children with cleft lip with or without cleft palate face a variety of challenges, depending on the type and severity of the cleft. After a baby is born with a cleft, parents are understandably concerned about the possibility of having another child with the same condition. While many cases of cleft lip and cleft palate can't be prevented, consider these steps to increase your understanding or lower your risk:.
Cleft lip and cleft palate care at Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic does not endorse companies or products. Advertising revenue supports our not-for-profit mission. This content does not have an English version. This content does not have an Arabic version. Overview Cleft lip Open pop-up dialog box Close. Cleft lip A cleft lip is an opening or split in the upper lip that occurs when developing facial structures in an unborn baby don't close completely.
Cleft palate Open pop-up dialog box Close. Cleft palate A cleft palate is an opening or split in the roof of the mouth that occurs when the tissue doesn't fuse together during development in the womb.
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