Oral
clefts, known as cleft lip and cleft palate, are congenital (birth) defects
that affect the lip and the palate (roof of the mouth) of a newborn baby. The
defect occurs when the tissue that forms the roof of the mouth fail to join
together while the fetus is developing. The cleft, or split, can range from a
gap in the soft palate to a large hole in both the soft and hard palate...
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