Patient born with unilateral cleft lip and palate deformity The patient is a 24-year-old female from Mannargudi in Tamil Nadu, India. She was born with a cleft lip and palate deformity on the left. Her unilateral cleft lip and palate deformity greatly distressed her parents. They were extensively counseled by the doctors soon after the...

Patient with asymmetrical nose and prominent lip scar The patient is a 22-year-old male from Kasargod in Kerala, India. He had been born with a cleft lip, palate and alveolus deformity. Surgical repair of his deformities had been performed at the correct prescribed times at a local hospital. The patient had subsequently developed normally with...

Patient born with unilateral cleft lip and palate The patient is a 26-year-old male from Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh, India. He was born with a left-sided cleft lip and palate. Cleft lip surgery and cleft palate surgery were performed before the patient was a year old. A cleft alveolus surgery was performed at the age...

Patient born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate The patient is a 28-year-old male from Nashik in Maharashtra, India who was born with a cleft lip and palate. These are the two most common birth defects found in newborns. Speech development is also affected by these defects. Breathing problems can also be associated with...

Patient born with unilateral cleft lip and palate The patient is a 25-year-old female from Ongole in Andhra Pradesh, India. She was born with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Her parents had been advised that she needed to undergo cleft lip repair at 3 months and cleft palate surgery at 8 months of age....

Patient born with unilateral cleft lip and palate The patient is a 19-year-old female from Firozpur in Punjab, India, born with a left-sided unilateral cleft lip and palate. A cleft palate is an incompletely fused roof of the mouth. She had undergone cleft lip repair at 4 months of age and cleft palate repair at...

Patient born with right sided cleft lip and palate The patient is an 18-year-old female from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, India who was born with a right sided unilateral cleft lip and palate. Cleft lip is the presence of a gap in between the two halves of the upper lip. This is a developmental defect...

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Classification of cleft lip and palate surgery Surgery for the correction of a cleft lip and palate comes under both functional as well as cosmetic surgery. Other cosmetic procedures include face lifts, tummy tucks, removal of signs of aging such as wrinkling of skin, other forms of skin...

Etiology behind cleft lip and palate deformities Cleft lip and palate deformities are the result of the breakdown of normal mechanisms that are behind the formation of the face in utero. The incidence of this deformity varies between races, geographical locations and socioeconomic backgrounds. These can manifest as just a simple notching in the lips...

The varying degrees of facial clefting Facial clefts are deformities of the face that are very rare and involve malformation of a part of the face. The etiology of facial clefts is still unclear though it is thought to be caused by failure of the fusion process during the development of the face. Genetics too...