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TREATMENT The treatment options available to families include the following: Palatal lift surgery Use of speech prosthetics that cover the cleft Speech therapy in stages o Infancy: feeding and verbal communication o Post-infancy: surgery and post-surgical therapy to improve pronunciation and to adapt to changes in the mouth Operation Smile National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities Cleft Palate Foundation The American Cleft PalateCraniofacial Association (ACPA) FOR MORE INFORMATION

W HAT YOU CAN DO Love and care for your child to help build positive self-esteem. Talk to a medical professional as soon as you notice something is wrong. If surgery is recommended, have the surgery as soon as possible. Follow all recommendation made by the therapy team in order to improve speech and eating.

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Submucous Cleft Palate

Inside you will find information to help families gain a clear understanding of what a submucous cleft palate is and the issues that accompany it.

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WHAT IS A CLEFT PALATE?

According to The Cleft Palate Foundation, a cleft lip is a separation of the two sides of the lip, and may include the bones of the upper jaw and or gum. On the other hand a cleft palate is an opening in the roof of the mouth in which the two sides of the palate did not join together while the baby was in the uterus. Because the lip and the palate develop separately, it is possible for the child to have a cleft lip, a cleft palate, or both cleft lip and cleft palate.
RECOGNIZING A S U B MU C O U S C L E F T P A L A T E

Sometimes a sub-mucous cleft palate can be difficult to recognize because there is tissue covering

CLASSES
CAUSES
The main types of cleft lip and cleft palate are the following: Genetic factors. There is a greater chance of clefting in a newborn if a sibling or parent has a cleft lip or cleft palate. Bilateral cleft lip and/or palate, which occurs on both sides of the mouth at the same time. Submucous cleft palate, which occurs underneath the skin in the roof of the mouth. Unilateral cleft lip and/or palate, which occurs on one side of the mouth.

the opening of the cleft. Children with sub-mucous cleft palates typically do not have problems eating or articulating speech sounds, but sometimes can have them. However, often they may have a nasal sounding voice. They occasionally have problems

Environmental factors. o Drugs: corticosteroids (antiinflammatory), phenytoins (anticonvulsant), or retinoids. o o Illness during pregnancy such as rubella. Alcohol consumption, smoking, or deprivation of oxygen supply during pregnancy o Dietary and vitamin (such as folic acid and vitamin A) deficiencies o Advanced maternal age

in audition, with the position of their teeth or with delayed language development . Y O U R C H I L D S ME D I C A L T E A M

What is a submucous cleft palate?

CHARACTERISTICS

The word palate refers to the roof of the mouth and the term cleft indicates a split in the palate. The palate consists of both a bony portion (hard palate) and a muscular portion (soft palate). At the end of the soft palate, the small finger-like projection of tissue that hangs down is called the uvula. The term submucous refers to the fact that the cleft is covered over by the lining (mucous membrane) of the roof of the mouth.

A team of medical professionals will work with you and your child and might include the following people:

Speech and language pathologist Audiologist Pediatrician Plastic or craniofacial surgeon Orthodontist Mental health professional Otolaryngologist

This covering of soft tissue called mucosa makes the cleft difficult to see when looking in the mouth.

Undetermined causes.

Information from The Cleft Palate Foundation.

http://www.cleftline.org/what-we-do/publications/fact-sheets/submucous-clefts/