What is Cleft Palate?
[superquote]Cleft lip or palate is one of the most common birth defects, affecting one in 500 children in the US. Unless treated cleft palate can interfere with feeding, speech development and hearing.
Cleft lip and palate are birth defects that happen while a baby is developing in the uterus. During the 6th to 10th week of pregnancy, the bones and tissues of a baby’s upper jaw, nose, and mouth normally come together (fuse) to form the roof of the mouth and the upper lip.
If the tissue in the developing mouth and the palate don’t fuse together, a baby could be born with a condition called cleft lip or cleft palate, or both . . . Read Article[/superquote]
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View a list of famous people with cleft palete and learn more about each person:
- Tutankhamun
- Cheech Marin
- Doc Holliday
- Tom Brokaw
- Rita MacNeil
- Wendy Harmer
- Peyton Manning
- Tad Lincoln
- Thomas Malthus
- Carmit Bachar
- Jesse Jackson
- Richard Hawley
- Michael Helm
- Jürgen Habermas
- Stacy Keach
- Tim Lott
- Ljubo Milicevic
- Nikki Payne
- Geoff Plant
- Lee Raymond
- Louis Wain
- Harelip “Sweet Pepper” Heyes
- Blaise Winter
- Tom Burke
- Joaquin Phoenix
- Mark Hamill
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4 of 8 Famous Cleft Palate Montages in our HD Flickr Gallery
