What is cleft palate like

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It was not easy to conceive in October, but after the baby was born, we found a cleft palate, and the upper jaw was separated. Seeing the baby like this, our whole heart was broken. Now we are very afraid and worried about the future of the baby, especially when she is a girl. Now let's talk about what cleft palate is like.

What is cleft palate like

First: cleft lip and palate is the most common congenital malformation in oral and maxillofacial region, with an average of 1 in 600-1000 babies. Cleft lip and palate not only seriously affects the facial appearance, but also directly affects the development due to the communication between mouth and nose, which often leads to upper respiratory tract infection and otitis media.

Second, the hard palate of cleft palate patients is completely the same as that of normal people in terms of bone composition, but there are obvious differences in morphology and structure. The main performance is that the palatal vault is cracked, and there are different degrees of cracks, which can reach the incisor foramen, or even from the incisor foramen to the alveolar process. The hard palate of the split part is not connected with the nasal septum, resulting in the communication between the mouth and nasal cavity. The volume of the affected side was smaller than that of the healthy side.

Third: Although the composition of the soft palate muscle group is the same as that of the normal soft palate, because the soft palate has different degrees of dehiscence, it changes the structure of the five pairs of soft palate muscle fibers in the soft palate midline intersecting and weaving in an arch shape, making it a bundle, attached to the hard palate posterior edge and posterior nasal ridge from back to front along the crack edge, thus breaking the complete palatopharyngeal muscle ring.

matters needing attention

Serious cleft lip children will affect the feeding, can't normal lactation, will lead to malnutrition, and children in the growth and development of the speech is not clear, will affect the development of language, so the earlier the better treatment.