Tag: Cleft Palate

A cleft palate is a deformity that happens when the infant is still in the womb. Simply said, it’s an opening in the roof of the mouth, either in front, the back, or both. Cleft palates happen when there are not adequate tissues for the area to completely form, or the tissue that grows doesn’t […]

Cleft palate is an opening in the roof of the mouth that’s present at birth. When a baby develops inside the mother, the left & right sides of the face and the roof of the mouth fuse together. Sometimes the two sides don’t fuse properly, making a gap, or cleft, in the palate. A cleft […]