| cleft palate |
opening in the roof of the mouth, generally horseshoe shaped in children with PRS. Involves the soft palate (back part) and sometimes the hard palate. A cleft lip is a separate condition and each can occur independent of each other. A cleft lip is very rare in a child with PRS.
Ãâó: www.pierrerobin.org/glossaryal.html
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| cleft palate |
Congenital defect due to failure of parts of the face to join up during growth in the womb resulting in a groove through the palate.
Ãâó: www.dva.gov.au/health/HlthStdy/validation/glossary...
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| cleft palate |
describes the condition in which the inside of the nose and mouth are not separated and there is an opening in the roof of the mouth.
Ãâó: craniofacial.seattlechildrens.org/resources/glossa...
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| cleft palate |
A congenital opening in the palate, it maybe involve the hard or soft palate or both
Ãâó: www.bos.org.uk/about_orthodontics/info_patients/gl...
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| cleft palate i. |
an impression of the upper jaw made in patients with cleft palate, to be used in the prosthetic repair of the defect.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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