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Cleft Lip
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Opening in the lip; more often unilateral than bilateral and occur more frequently on the left side
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Cleft Palate
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May be part of a genetic syndrome with other anomalies; males tend to exhibit a higher frequency and greater severity of cleft lip than females, who tend to exhibit higher frequency of palatal clefts
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Facial anomalies occur during
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first seven to ten weeks of gestation
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Cleft genetic etiological factors
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Autosomal dominant inheritance (Apert syndrome, Stickler syndrome), Recessive genetic inheritance (orofacial-digital syndrome), X
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Cleft Environmental etiological factors
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FAS; illegal drug use; side effects of some prescriptions; rubella
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Cleft Mechanical etiological factors
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Intrauterine crowding; twinning; uterine tumor; amniotic ruptures
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Lip surgery is done to close clefts of the lip
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about 3 months old or weighs about 10 pounds
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Palatal surgery is done to close the cleft(s) of palate
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typically baby is 9-24 months
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