Recent Blog Posts

View Post: The Ripple Affect: Cleft palate
29 Aug 2009 by Tiffany  
Just wanted to update on Rufus's cleft palate. The good news is that it has grown together some in the middle. He only has a small opening in the front of his hard palate and a small opening in the back in the soft palate now. ...
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View Post: Incidence of palatal fistula after palatoplasty with levator veli ...
30 Nov 2009 by Yong Lu, Bing Shi, Qian Zheng, Qinggang...  
The incidences of palatal fistulas in patients with clefts of the hard and soft cleft palate (7/44, 21%), and bilateral cleft lip or palate (2/21,10%), were significantly higher than those in patients with cleft soft palate (1/37, 3%), ...
View Blog: British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial... - http://www.bjoms.com/inpress?rss=yes

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View Post: 2 Colorado women travel to Ethiopia on medical mission
Ethiopian ...
3 Dec 2009 by Elias Kifle   ...
View Blog: MetroWest Daily News COLORADO -- In the developing world, a person born with cleft palate, cleft lip or other facial deformities. ... “It's hard to walk away from that,” she said. “The people are very proud of their country,” Lockhart said. “Normal, everyday people are printed on their money because they believe that the future of the country lies in its people. They were very interested in us because we are blessed beyond measure.

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View Post: In a complete circle...
11 Nov 2009 by samandjimblock  
With your tongue you can feel the roof of your mouth (your hard palate) and if you reach back far enough (hoe you're not tongue-tied!) you can feel where the bone ends and the soft palate begins. Connor's hard palate is structurally ...
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View Post: Oronasal fistula in cleft palate surgery Sadhu P - Indian J Plast Surg
1 Dec 2009 by Sadhu Partha  
Originally described as a cheek flap by Mukherji who used it in primary palatoplasty for short palates, this is particularly helpful when the fistula is situated near the hard palate - soft palate junction and the original cleft is also ...
View Blog: Table of Contents : Indian Journal of Plastic... - http://www.ijps.org/currentissue.asp

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View Post: Complete Secondary Cleft Palate Repair
Inside Surgery Medical ...
14 Mar 2009 ...
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View Post: WeLcOmE tO aDeQ's BLOG.....: About Cleft Lip and Palate
4 hours ago by Adeq  
A cleft palate occurs when the roof of the mouth has not joined completely. The back of the palate (towards the throat) is called the soft palate and the front (towards the mouth) is known as the hard palate. ...
View Blog: WeLcOmE tO aDeQ's BLOG..... - http://adeqnoyah86.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Surgery Timeline: Dr. Morales
1 Nov 2009 by The Kenworthys  
***This is a prosthesis that goes in the hard palate to pull together the hard palate. In the case of a cleft that goes through the gumline and lip, a plastic chain (kind of like what you'd see with braces) is attached from the ...
View Blog: Kids with Clefts Utah - http://kidswithcleftsutah.blogspot.com/

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View Post: Cleft Lip & Palate
10 Nov 2009 by Janny  
Palate cleft can occur as complete (soft and hard palate, possibly including a gap in the jaw) or incomplete (a 'hole' in the roof of the mouth, usually as a cleft soft palate). It occurs due to the failure of fusion of the lateral ...
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View Post: Hard and soft palate secondary cleft puppy dog - Veterinary ...
20 Nov 2009 by Brett  
This 8 week old puppy presented with a cleft palate involving the hard and soft palate, also know as a secondary palatal defect. Due to minor signs at the time the surgery was delayed until 16 weeks of age to provide more tissue for ...
View Blog: Veterinary Dentistry Today - http://veterinarydentistry.net/blog/

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