This causes multiple problems ... cleft lips are repaired at about four months, the soft palate at twelve months, and then nothing else happens in terms of orthodontics until about seven or eight ...

Many would consider being born with a cleft lip and palate a setback that could have negative implications throughout one’s whole life. Looking back now, as a 30-year veteran of the finance and ...

A cleft palate is a V- or U-shaped gap in the tissue between the mouth and the inside of the nose. It includes variable ...

Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate ... leave them more vulnerable to ear infections and dental problems, and have difficulty with speech sounds as they begin ...

Why are you collecting Speech and Language data? Children who are born with cleft palate are more likely than other children to have problems with their speech. In fact about half of all children born ...

Poor oral health in children can lead to problems such as tooth decay ... have different dental care needs. A cleft which is ...

Although clefts are generally repaired within the first years of life in the UK, and some affected children develop typical speech patterns, there is evidence that more than 50% of children born with ...