Cleft Lip and Palate Correction

How Is a Cleft Lip and Palate Diagnosed?

Usually, clefts are found when a baby is born. Sometimes, they're seen on a prenatal ultrasound. Without a cleft lip, a cleft palate is harder to see. Doctors usually find a cleft palate when they look and feel inside a baby's mouth during the first new-born.

How Is Cleft Palate With Cleft Lip Treated?

Cleft lip and cleft palate can cause problems with:

• Feeding
• Growth and development
• Ear infections and hearing
• Speech development

So it's important to correct a cleft palate with cleft lip with surgery while a child is young.

This condition can be corrected orthodontically with special appliances.