1. Wide Smiles: The Cleft Lip, Cleft Palate And Craniofacial Deformities Resources Parent support of children born with cleft lip and palate, Your online Resource cleft lip and palate Information, Hundreds of documents on cleft lip and cleft http://www.widesmiles.org/

Click here if you are trapped in someone's frames Sitemap WIDE SMILES Cleft Lip and Palate Resource Since 1991 Got a question? Search Cleft Links for an answer! Topics include: New Parent Information Feeding Issues Inspirational Thoughts Surgery ... Help with the Internet WELCOME! This site has lots to offer. Please explore and use it! This website and other internet activities are maintained on a volunteer basis. Your financial support will help keep online and offline activities available for others. Thank you. Brothers, Jacob and Joey, both shown at age 2. Jacob was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate, and Joey was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate. Both have had lip and palate repair. PLEASE NOTE: Information provided is not to be construed as medical advice, it is made available to you for informational purposes only. Check with your personal physician before embarking on any change in routine or in making decisions regarding your healthcare or that of your family. One child in 700 is born with a cleft. It is the fourth most common birth defect, and the first most common facial birth defect. And yet so many parents feel so alone.

2. MedlinePlus: Cleft Lip And Palate O P Q R S T U V W XYZ List of All Topics. cleft lip and palate General/Overviews. Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate ( March of Dimes Birth Defects http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/cleftlipandpalate.html

@import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Other health topics: A B C D ... List of All Topics Cleft Lip and Palate Contents of this page: General/Overviews Coping Pictures/Diagrams Treatment ... Children Search MEDLINE for recent research articles on Cleft Lip and Palate You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages: Genetics/Birth Defects Mouth and Teeth General/Overviews Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate (March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation) Also available in: Spanish Cleft Lip and Palate (Nemours Foundation) Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Cleft Lip (National Institutes of Health) ClinicalTrials.gov: Cleft Palate (National Institutes of Health) Coping Caring for a Newborn with Oral Clefting (Nemours Foundation) Preparing Your Child for Social Situations (Cleft Palate Foundation) Pictures/Diagrams Cleft Lip (Cleft Palate Foundation) Cleft Palate (Cleft Palate Foundation) Specific Conditions/Aspects Answers to Common Questions about Scars (Cleft Palate Foundation) Choosing a Cleft Palate or Craniofacial Team (Cleft Palate Foundation) Cleft Palate: What Causes It?

3. Cleft Lip And Palate - Causes, Treatment And Surgery Concise factsheet on causes, symptoms and treatment of cleft lip and palate. http://hcd2.bupa.co.uk/fact_sheets/Mosby_factsheets/cleft_lip.html

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4. Cleft Lip And Palate Association Of Ireland A voluntary group providing support and information for parents of children affected by cleft lip and palate and those directly affected. http://www.cleft.ie/

Search this site Tips Advanced Search Discussion Forums Your opportunity to share experiences and engage with others Guestbook Care to comment on our website? User Survey Cast your vote to indicate your level of satisfaction with cleft.ie Appeal for Funds Your Association urgently needs funds. Please help by donating now What's New A listing of new and revised information . Also, want to be notified of changes? Bookmark this page! var site="sm5clapai" More about the Association... A cleft lip is an opening in the upper lip. A cleft palate is an opening in the roof of the mouth. Clefts result from incomplete development of the lip and/or palate in the early weeks of pregnancy. More about cleft lip and palate...

5. Discovery Health Cleft Lip And Palate Cleft lip is a birth defect that involves a split in the upper lip. Cleft palate involves a split down the palate. The palate is the center of the roof of the mouth. When these defects occur Cleft lip and cleft palate both develop while a baby is in the womb. Cleft lip occurs when grooves that are normally http://health.discovery.com/diseasesandcond/encyclopedia/2663.html

6. Smiles - Welcome Welcome to SMILES, a cleft lip and palate Support Group. Our Group stories. Overview Overview of cleft lip and palate management. Craniofacial http://www.cleft.org/

Welcome to SMILES, a Cleft Lip and Palate Support Group Visit each individual family and read their stories Overview of cleft lip and palate management The Otolaryngologist's advice on craniofacial related issues The effects on speech and language development Selection of the craniofacial team brochure Care for your child after cleft palate repair Search Smiles' entire web-site for various topics Complete our information survey Visit our discussion list Our Mission "SMILES" is a group of dedicated families who have developed a first-hand understanding of the needs of children with cleft lip, cleft palate and craniofacial deformities. Through our personal sensitivity, energy, knowledge, and love we are dedicated to improve the lives of these children in our country and around the world. What Makes Us Different We take care of children with cleft lips or palate in the first few days of life. All of us have been through this experience. Allow us to share the benefits of early repairs with you. Learn about our team approach in the following pages. Statement Any child with a correctable facial deformity which goes uncorrected - for any reason - is always and forever a tragedy, for if it is not then life itself has become one.

7. Cleft Lip And Palate - DrGreene.com cleft lip and palate. Introduction If development. Cleft lip with or without cleft palate is more common than cleft palate alone. These http://www.drgreene.com/21_1046.html

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8. Deeanddall2's Site Page Frame-placeholder For Index.htm One woman's journey to adulthood with cleft lip and palate. Contains support and information links as well as a forum for discussion with others who are faced with clefts. http://members.tripod.com/deeanddall2

9. MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Cleft Lip And Palate cleft lip and palate. cleft lip and palate are congenital abnormalities (present at birth) that affect the upper lip and the hard and soft palate of the mouth. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001051.htm

@import url(http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/images/advanced.css); Skip navigation Medical Encyclopedia Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Cleft lip and palate Contents of this page: Illustrations Definition Causes, incidence, and risk factors Symptoms ... Calling your health care provider Illustrations Throat anatomy Infant hard and soft palates Cleft lip repair - series Definition Return to top Cleft lip and palate are congenital abnormalities (present at birth) that affect the upper lip and the hard and soft palate of the mouth. Features range from a small notch in the lip to a complete fissure (groove) extending into the roof of the mouth and nose. These features may occur separately or together. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top Cleft lip and palate are facial may occur in association with other syndromes or birth defects. There are numerous causes for these birth defects, including mutant genes inherited from one or both parents and teratogens (drugs, viruses, or other toxins that can cause abnormalities in a developing fetus). As well as being disfiguring, these abnormalities can cause feeding difficulties, problems with speech development, and ear infections.

10. MuddePuddle Early Years Home Education Resources Features thematic activities parents may do at home with toddlers; many games reflect the Montessori approach. Includes a support list and information on cleft lip and palate. http://www.muddlepuddle.co.uk/

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11. Cleft Lip And Palate cleft lip and palate are birth defects that occur while a baby is developing in the uterus. Read this article to find out more about cleft lip and palate and some of the challenges teens who have http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/sight/cleft.html

KidsHealth Teens Like a lot of teens, Carly spends many of her after-school hours yakking on the phone. Unlike her friends, though, Carly doesn't take her gabbing time for granted - it's taken her years of hard work to develop her speech skills. She's also had numerous plastic surgeries and tons of dentist and orthodontist appointments - all before she turned 13! When Carly was a baby, she was born with a condition called cleft lip and palate. If you see her, you may notice the scar on her upper lip, but she's had to overcome more obstacles than just a different appearance. Keep reading to find out more about cleft lip and palate and some of the challenges teens who have had it face. What Are Cleft Lip and Palate? Cleft lip and palate are birth defects that occur while a baby is developing in the uterus. During the 6th to 10th week of pregnancy, the bones and tissues of the baby's upper jaw, nose, and mouth normally fuse (close) together to form the roof of the mouth and the upper lip. If there isn't enough tissue in the developing mouth and the palate doesn't fuse together, a baby could be born with a partial (or incomplete) cleft palate or a complete cleft palate. Babies who are born with cleft lip have a gap or opening in the skin of the upper lip. In babies with cleft palate, there is an opening between the roof of the mouth and the nose. An incomplete cleft palate is when there is an opening in only the soft palate in the back of the roof of the mouth. A complete cleft palate occurs when the front part of the roof of the mouth - the hard palate - and the soft palate haven't fused together. In many cases, a baby born with a complete cleft palate also has a cleft lip.

12. The University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston - Genetics Details of two projects, one studying clubfoot, and the other cleft lip and palate. Includes information on how to join the studies. http://ped1.med.uth.tmc.edu/genetics/research/index.htm

Department of Pediatrics - Division of Medical Genetics Home Clubfoot Cleft Lip and Palate Contact Us Please Choose the site you wish to enter. Clubfoot Cleft Lip and Palate Send mail to Jorge.Sanchez@uth.tmc.edu with questions or comments about this web site. Revised:

13. Cleft Lip And Palate Oralfacial clefts are birth defects in which the tissues of the mouth or lip don't form properly during fetal development. In the United States, oral clefting is the fourth most common major is http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/ears/cleft_lip_palate.html

KidsHealth Parents Medical Problems Oral-facial clefts are birth defects in which the tissues of the mouth or lip don't form properly during fetal development. In the United States, clefts occur in 1 in 700 to 1,000 births, making it the fourth most common major birth defect. Clefts occur more often in children of Asian, Latino, or Native American descent. The good news is that both cleft lip and cleft palate are treatable birth defects. Most children born with either or both of these conditions can have reconstructive surgery while they're still infants to correct the defect and significantly improve facial appearance. An immediate problem after birth, however, is feeding , but special nipples and even prostheses are available to ensure that children with oral clefting receive adequate nutrition until surgical treatment is provided. For many parents, what's most difficult is handling the fact that their child is different. Many parents feel unreasonable guilt that somehow they caused the problem, as well as worry that their child will be teased because of his appearance or because he has trouble speaking. If your child has oral clefting, it's important that you inform yourself about the defect and seek support from both the medical community and other parents who have been through this experience. Support can help you focus on your child's potential, rather than on the cleft. The fact is, cleft treatments available today are excellent. And for those with more pronounced physical differences, plastic surgery can significantly improve specific problems that may be a concern for you and your child.

14. What Is Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate? (from CLAPA Ireland) You are here Home Page What is cleft lip and palate? What is cleft lip and palate? A cleft lip (CL) is a separation in the upper lip. cleft lip and palate. http://www.cleft.ie/whatis.htm

You are here: Home Page What is Cleft Lip and Palate? What is cleft lip and palate? A cleft lip (CL) is a separation in the upper lip. A cleft palate (CP) is an opening in the roof of the mouth. Clefts result from incomplete development of the lip and/or palate in the early weeks of pregnancy . During this time the face is being formed - the top and the two sides develop at the same time and grow towards each other, finally fusing in the middle. The lip and primary palate develop at 4 to 6 weeks of gestation, while the secondary palate develops at approximately nine weeks. Clefts affect approximately 1 in every 700 babies in Ireland. [ SEE Incidence of clefts In the instance of a cleft forming, the final closing does not fuse properly and an opening remains. The cause or causes for this failure to close are as yet not clearly understood, although research has been and continues to be undertaken. Genetics and environmental factors are both considered instrumental in causing clefts. A submucous cleft palate is where, although the surface layers of the soft palate (mucous membrane) are complete, the underlying muscle is incomplete. A submucous cleft of the hard palate is where the bony element is incomplete. In its most minor form only the uvula is cleft, but even this leads to an abnormality in the muscles in the palate and, if the speech is affected, a repair will be required. Normal speech production is the primary goal of any surgical repair of a submucous cleft. A submucous cleft palate can prove difficult to identify, the palate appearing normal in some children. Special tests may be necessary to properly identify it. For more on submucous cleft palate, see the

15. Operation Rainbow Canada Registered Canadian nonprofit organization which oversees volunteer surgical teams providing free reconstructive surgery to children in under-served countries with cleft lip and palate, and burn scars. http://www.operationrainbowcanada.com

16. Cleft Lip And Plate Information cleft lip and palate. Cleft lip and cleft palate are conditions which occur when tissues that usually form the lip or the roof of the mouth fail to grow together, creating a gap in the lip or a hole http://www.surgery.uiowa.edu/surgery/plastic/cleftnet.html

Cleft Lip and Palate Cleft lip and cleft palate are conditions which occur when tissues that usually form the lip or the roof of the mouth fail to grow together, creating a gap in the lip or a hole in the roof of the mouth. The reasons for this are not entirely known, but the condition is among the most common problems noted at birthit occurs once in every 1000 live births (the same frequency as club foot). A recent study(March 1996) indicates that smoking during pregnancy may double the risk that the child will be born with a cleft lip or palate. Since it occurs this frequently, almost everyone knows someone who has a cleft lip or cleft palate. The repaired cleft lip may be noticed in the adult as an uneven upper lip and a scar which runs from the nose down through the upper lip. Persons with a repaired cleft palate may have a nasal quality to their speech. This can occur because there is a shortage of tissue in the roof of the mouth after the repair in some cases and sounds can accidentally leak out the nose when certain words are spoken. In most cases following reconstructive surgery the patient can expect to live a normal life and the cleft condition should hopefully not stand in the way of any dreams or aspirations. Treatment The cleft lip is usually repaired at about age 3 months. The cleft palate is usually fixed at about one year of age, though this may vary based on the size of the cleft itself. Usually the patients remain in the hospital for one or two nights and sutures in the lip are taken out in about 5 days. Sutures in the palate do not need to be taken out because they are made of a material which will dissolve.

17. Cleft Lip And Palate If you re considering surgery to correct cleft lip or palate Just as in cleft lip, cleft palate may appear on one or both sides of the upper mouth. http://www.plasticsurgery.org/public_education/procedures/CleftLipPalate.cfm

About ASPS Contact Us Home Learn About Procedures ... Print This Page Reconstructive Procedures: Breast Reconstruction Breast Reduction Hand Surgery Male Breast Reduction ... Tissue Expansion If you're considering surgery to correct cleft lip or palate... In the early weeks of development, long before a child is born, the right and left sides of the lip and the roof of the mouth normally grow together. Occasionally, however, in about one of every 800 babies, those sections don't quite meet. A child born with a separation in the upper lip is said to have a cleft lip. A similar birth defect in the roof of the mouth, or palate, is called a cleft palate. Since the lip and the palate develop separately, it is possible for a child to have a cleft lip, a cleft palate, or variations of both. If your child was born with either or both of these conditions, your doctor will probably recommend surgery to repair it. Medical professionals have made great advances in treating children with clefts and can do a lot to help your child lead a normal, healthy, happy life. This information will give you a basic understanding of the operation when it can help, how it's performed, and what results you can expect. It can't answer all of your questions, since a lot depends on you individual circumstances. Please be sure to ask your surgeon if there is anything you don't understand about the procedure.

18. The Cleft Lip And Palate Institute - Serving Patients With Craniofacial Deformit Information about Chicago's Northwestern University team of medical, dental, and speech professionals, helping with the various issues of cleft lip, cleft palate, and other orofacial anomalies. http://www.craniofacialinstitute.com/

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19. Austin Smiles: Who We Are A nonprofit organization providing free reconstructive plastic surgery, mainly cleft lip and palate, to the children of Austin,TX and Latin America. http://www.austinsmiles.org

Caution! Visit Microsoft's Web site to obtain the newest version of Internet Explorer, or visit Visiting this web site without first upgrading your browser may result in unreliable behavior. Home Who We Are Contact Us Austin Plastic Surgery Foundation Austin Smiles Facts ... Board of Directors VOLUNTEER INFO Volunteer Information FUNDRAISING Shoot For A Smile MEDICAL MISSIONS Where The Smiles Are Our Children SPONSORS Jr. League of Austin DONATIONS Making Donations Planned Giving MY STORY Baby Eric Events Calendar Discussion Groups Past Fundraisers Golf Tournament Masked Ball Masked Ball 2001 Photos Sitemap Who We Are Austin Smiles P.O.BOX 26694 Austin, TX 78755 ausmile@texas.net Web site of Austin Smiles Who We Are.... Austin Smiles is a nonprofit organization which provides reconstructive plastic surgery, primarily cleft lip and palate repairs, to the children of Austin and to those in the 10-County area surrounding Austin. The physicians of Austin Smiles perform 50-75 surgeries annually at Children's Hospital of Austin. The corrective surgery provided by Austin Smiles surgeons allows restoration of close to normal speech, hearing, eating, and enhancement of the breathing ability to a child. The family's ability to pay does not influence the quality of availability of care received from the Austin Smiles surgeons. Austin Smiles also travels to Latin America to do three medical missions a year. Founded in 1987 by participating surgeons in the Austin Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Austin Smiles has to date completed over

20. Oregon Health Sciences University Department Of Otolaryngology-Head And Neck Sur Includes information on pediatric otolaryngology, cleft lip and palate, airway and breathing problems, pediatric ear infections, pediatric sleep problems, and pediatric neck mass. (Portland, Oregon) http://www.ohsu.edu/som-Otolaryn/ham.html

Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery Welcome to ENT! Mission/About Us Divisions and Faculty Residency/ Fellowships ... Keith A. LaFerriere, MD President, AAFPRS University of Missouri 3-year Experience with Mid-Face Suspension Sutures: The Good and the Bad Location: Bridgeport BrewPub Date: June 7, 2004 Also ENT Morning Grand Rounds Incision Planning in Facelift Surgery See Calendar for more information. Wednesday, 02-Jun-2004 02:49:48 PDT Andrea Campbell , Web Manager, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, OHSU. Last updated 5/2/04.

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