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Clinics in Plastic SurgeryThe primary function of the palate is to separate the nasal and oral cavities and facilitate the production of normal speech. The velar levator veli palatini (LVP) muscular sling is the palate speech motor. In the cleft palate, the LVP muscles are aberrantly sagittally oriented, which prevents their normal cranial, posterior, and lateral pull on the ...
W. Fergusson
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Clinics in Perinatology, 2018 Orofacial clefts are common congenital malformations with genetic and environmental risk factors. In the perinatal period, feeding and nutrition can be a challenge and the need for specialized feeders is common. Lip taping and nasoalveolar molding are early interventions that can be used to preoperatively modify cleft defects to enhance surgical ...
Mitchell L. Worley +2 more
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Orofacial Clefts: Genetics of Cleft Lip and Palate
Genes, 2023 Orofacial clefting is considered one of the commonest birth defects worldwide. It presents as cleft lip only, isolated cleft palate or cleft lip and palate.
Arwa Babai, M. Irving
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Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2022 Cleft lip and cleft palate has one of the highest incidences in the malformations of the oral cavity, that varies between populations. The background underlying the issue of cleft lip and palate is multifactorial and greatly depends on the genetic ...
A. Paradowska-Stolarz +2 more
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Maternal Cigarette Smoking and Cleft Lip and Palate: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
medRxiv, 2021 Objectives A systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the association between active maternal smoking and cleft lip and palate etiology. Data sources Medline, Embase, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library from inception to November, 2020.
M. Fell +5 more
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Orofacial Cleft Frequency Differences Depending on Geographic Origin: Coast vs. Inland
Frontiers in Dental Medicine, 2021 Objective: Cleft lip and/or palate is the most common congenital anomaly in a human face, with a multifactorial and complex etiology. Although many studies have been developed, the role of the environment is still unclear.
Alexandre Rezende Vieira +9 more
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Heliyon, 2023 Cleft palate (CP) is a common neonatal craniofacial defect caused by the adhesion and fusion dysfunction of bilateral embryonic palatal shelf structures. Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is involved in CP formation with regulatory mechanism unknown.
Ming Zhang +5 more
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Jurnal Rekonstruksi dan Estetik, 2020 Highlights: • The study's outcomes reveal favorable results regarding nasal enhancement following rhinoplasty, disparities in surgical choices, and variations in patient gender distribution.
Devyana Enggar Taslima +4 more
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