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Home > West Medicine > ENT & Ophthalmology > Stomatology

Classroom classification

百科

Cleft lip and palate

口腔科

Common symptoms

裂腭

The pathology of disease

Cleft lip and palate is congenital orofacial cleft; feeding; speech; hearing; multidisciplinary; lip/palate repair; orthodontics; plastic surgery.

Symptoms

Cleft lip/palate; newborn; feeding difficulty; ear infections; speech; congenital

Causes

Multifactorial; genetic + environmental; folate; orofacial cleft.

Treatment

Multidisciplinary; lip repair ~3 mo; palate repair ~9-18 mo; speech/orthodontics/ENT; plastic surgery

Dept

Plastic surgery / pediatrics / ENT / orthodontics / speech therapy.

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