2.1 CLEFT PALATE.
The two maxillary shelf's may fail to unite in the midline
leaving a gap in the palate, or it may extend to the premaxillar in the
front leaving a complete gap leading into the nosal cavity
This defect causes feeding problems because of regurgitating of food.
This defect occurs in 1-3 births/1000
TREATMENT
Repair of these defects surgically is attempted between 9months to 1 year
years.
This repair and are its steps shown in Fig.above
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