Cleft lip and cleft palate - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic A cleft lip is an opening or split in the upper lip that doesn't close fully when an unborn baby is developing in the womb Cleft lip may happen only on one side (unilateral) or both sides (bilateral) A baby with a cleft lip also may have a cleft in the roof of the mouth called a cleft palate
Cleft Lip Cleft Palate: Causes Treatment - Cleveland Clinic What are cleft lip and cleft palate? A cleft lip and cleft palate are openings in a baby’s upper lip or roof of their mouth (palate) They’re congenital abnormalities (birth defects) that form while a fetus develops in the uterus
Cleft Lip Cleft Palate | Birth Defects | CDC Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects that occur when a baby's lip or mouth don't form properly In the United States, about 1 in 1,050 babies is born with cleft lip with or without cleft palate
Cleft Lip Palate - Riley Childrens Health Cleft lip and cleft palate are the most common birth defects affecting the face Cleft lip is a separation of the lip, and cleft palate is an opening in the roof of the mouth
Cleft | definition of cleft by Medical dictionary 1 any of the clefts between the embryonic prominences that normally unite to form the face 2 failure of union of one of these embryonic clefts; depending on the site, this causes such developmental defects as cleft cheek, cleft mandible, or cleft lip Called also prosoposchisis