Cleft Palate And Lip Flashcards
Cleft palate and lip palate
Physical Challenges of Clefts Through the Lifespan
Development of the Face and Palate
Cleft Lip and Palate Classification Systems
Clinical Features of Clefts
Etiologies of Clefts
Incidence of Clefts
Sex and Racial Differences
The Cleft Palate Team and General Management Issues Through The Lifespan
Communication Problems Associated with Clefts
Craniofacial anomalies
*Congenital malformations involving the head
and face
Clefts
Abnormal openings in anatomical structures
Velopharyngeal Incompetence (VPI)
Velopharyngeal Mechanism does not close adequately
Clefts interfere with basic biological functioning and communication
Birth
Obstruction of breathing
*Difficulty with food intake
3 months
3 months
*Clefts of the Lip are surgically closed
*Monitored for ear infections
9-12 months
9-12 months
*Surgeons close clefts of the palate
*Secondary surgery may be required later
2 years
2 years
*Correction of dentition
Later orthodontic treatment
Facial Development
Facial Development
*5-8 weeks gestation: Face/anterior aspects
*Mandibular processes: Mandible/lower lip
*Frontonsal processed: Nasomedian processes and lateral nasal processes
*Olfactory Pits
*Maxillary processes
*Clefts of the lip: Fusion is
interrupted or teratogens
Development of the Secondary Palate
Development of the Secondary Palate
*8-12 weeks gestation: Processes of hard and
soft palate fuse
*Palatal Shelves
*Nasal Septum
*Clefts of the palate. Fusion of palatal shelf is interrupted
Veau System
Veau System
*Quick general Reference
*Nature and extent of Clefts
In this system, you classify clefts into four different classes.
1) Cleft of the soft palate only.
2) Cleft of the hard and soft palate
3) Complete unilateral cleft of the soft and hard palate and on the lip and alveolar ridge on one side.
4) Complete bilateral cleft of the soft and hard palate and/or the lip and alveolar ridge on both sides.
Kernahan’s Striped Y-
Kernahan’s Striped Y-a visual identification system based on location, and developed by the American Cleft Palate Association (ACPA) focuses on the primary and secondary palates.
Clefts are commonly classified
*Unilateral or bilateral cleft of the lip
*Unilateral or bilateral cleft of the palate
*Bilateral cleft or the lip and palate
*Submucous Cleft
*Bifid Uvula
Cleft of the lip
Involves vermillion of the upper lip and can extend to nostril
Incomplete cleft
Complete cleft
Flattened nose, flaring nostril
Columella short, misaligned
Most commonly on left side (unilateral)
If bilateral, usually cleft palate also
Isolated cleft of the lip is rare
Unilateral complete cleft of lips and palate extend
Unilateral complete cleft of lip and palate extends
*External portion of upper lip
*Through alveolus
*Through hard and soft palate
Clefts of secondary palate alone vary in severity