🍼 Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate Overview Follow @nursewellversed for more visual nursing education! 🧠 Cleft lip and palate are congenital defects leading to openings in the upper lip, roof of the mouth, or both. This occurs when facial structures don’t fully form while in utero. ➡️Partial Cleft Lip: Partial fissure of the upper lip. ➡️Complete Cleft Lip: Full separation of the lip and nasal sill. ➡️Partial Cleft Palate: Separation of the soft palate only. ➡️Complete Cleft Palate: Separation of bo

Fact about #cleftpalate Causes Cleft lip and cleft palate occur when tissues in the baby's face and mouth don't fuse properly. Normally, the tissues that make up the lip and palate fuse together in the second and third months of pregnancy. But in babies with cleft lip and cleft palate, the fusion never takes place or occurs only part way, leaving an opening (cleft). Researchers believe that most cases of cleft lip and cleft palate are caused by an interaction of genetic and environmental factors