WHAT+IS+CLEFT+PALATE?

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 * ==What is cleft palate?==
 * A cleft palate is a birth defect where the palate or roof of the mouth has not completely fused together during fetal development.
 * ==Types of cleft palate==
 * There are three types of cleft palate:
 * 1) Incomplete Cleft Palate
 * This affects the soft palate in the back of the mouth
 * 1) Complete Cleft Palate
 * Both the hard and soft palates are affected making the mouth and nose cavity exposed to one another.
 * 1) Submucous Cleft Palate
 * =====A cleft involving the hard and/or soft palate, covered by the mucous membrane lining the roof of the mouth. =====
 * To read the full description of the types of cleft palates and more, click here.
 * ==Classifications of cleft palate and cleft lip==