What symptom is cleft palate?

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Cleft palate is more common, can occur alone, can also be complicated with cleft lip. Cleft palate not only has soft tissue deformity, but also has bone tissue defect and deformity in varying degrees. The physiological dysfunction of sucking, eating and language is far more serious than cleft lip. What symptom is cleft palate? Let's talk about it

What symptom is cleft palate?

Cleft palate is only the cleft palate, sometimes the cleft palate. Regardless of the left and right, generally without cleft lip, clinically more common in women. Incomplete cleft palate is also called partial cleft palate. Complete cleft of soft palate with partial cleft of hard palate; Sometimes with unilateral incomplete cleft lip, but the alveolar process is often complete. There is no difference between left and right in this type.

The cleft palate of unilateral complete cleft palate was completely split from the palatal sag to the incisor foramen, and it reached the alveolar process obliquely and connected with the alveolar cleft; The margin of contralateral fissure was connected with nasal septum; The cleft of alveolar process sometimes disappears and only remains, sometimes the cleft is very wide; It is often accompanied by ipsilateral cleft lip.

Bilateral complete cleft palate often occurs simultaneously with bilateral cleft lip. The cleft is located in the part of the mandible, with oblique cleft on both sides and straight to the alveolar process; Nasal septum, premaxillary process and anterior lip were isolated in the center.

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Surgical reduction. 5-6 years old. The operation not only closed the cleft palate, but also provided the correct conditions for the children to pronounce. Postoperative children should be given pronunciation training. The basic principle of cleft palate repair operation is to extend the soft palate, close the palatopharynx, and restore the normal swallowing and pronunciation function.