TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cleft Lip and Palate A1 - Letra, Ariadne A1 - Chiquet,, Brett A1 - Streff, Haley A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - Oral-facial clefts, including cleft lip and/or cleft palate, are the most common craniofacial birth defects, affecting approximately 135,000 newborns worldwide each year. The costs of caring for a child with an oral-facial cleft are more than $100,000 and creates significant financial and healthcare burdens for these families. Infants born with an oral-facial cleft may have feeding, swallowing, breathing, speech, and hearing complications. Therefore, a multidisciplinary team, including surgical, dental, speech, genetic, and nutrition experts, is typically involved in patient care. This chapter will discuss the pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of oral-facial clefts. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182931258 ER -