Cleft of lip and palate: A review

• Published in: Journal of family medicine and primary care Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. 2621 - 2625
• Main Authors: Vyas, Tarun, Gupta, Prabhakar, Kumar, Sachin, Gupta, Rajat, Gupta, Tanu, Singh, Harkanwal
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01-06-2020; Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer - Medknow; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Cardiac patients; cleft lip; cleft palate; Congenital heart defects; congentiel anomelies; genetic and environmental factor; Genetic disorders; Review; cleft palate; genetic and environmental factor; Cleft lip; congentiel anomelies
• ISSN: 2249-4863; 2278-7135
• DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_472_20

Cleft of lip and palate are most common serial congenital anomalies to affect the orofacial region . It can occur isolated or together in various combination and/or along with other congenital deformities particularly congenital heart diseases. .Patient with oro-facial cleft deformity needs to be treated at right time and at right age to achieve functional and esthetic well being. Successful management of the child born with a cleft lip and palate requires coordinated care provided by a number of different specialties including oral/maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology, genetics/dysmorphology, speech/language pathology, orthodontics, prosthodontics, and other. This article aims to the review the point primary care physicians in literature knowledge about cleft lip and palate. A review of literature have made to discuss introduction, epidemiology, clinical feature, etiology factor and management of cleft lip and palate.