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    OUTCOMES OF PROSTHODONTIC MANAGEMENT AND SPEECH THERAPY IN PERSON WITH SUBMUCOUS CLEFT 1 Navya. A‚ 2 Pushpavathi. M‚ 3 Sreedevi. N‚ 4 Dakshaini. M. R. 1Junior Research Fellow‚ 2 Professor‚ 3Lecturer‚ 4Professor. 123Department of Speech Language Pathology‚ AIISH 4Dept of Prosthodontics‚ JSS Dental College‚ Mysore. Email: 1navyaaslp@gmail.com‚ 2pushpa19@yahoo.co.in‚ 3srij01@yahoo.co.in 4m.r.dakshayini123@gmail.com. INTRODUCTION Speech is the coordinated function of the vocal

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    patient’s satisfaction with repair of cleft lip and/or palate and their life perceptions. This study found that patients who had cleft lip and/or palate report that their satisfaction with their appearance improves with age. As they got older‚ they appreciated and became more satisfied with their appearance after CL repair. It was also reported that bilateral cleft lip and/or palate have more societal implications than those with unilateral cleft lip and/or palate and even less for those with CL only

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    defect called cleft lip and palate. Today I’ll be talking about three different birth defects Cleft lip and palate‚ Down syndrome‚ and Jacobsen syndrome. The first birth defect I’m gonna talk about is cleft lip and cleft palate. The cause of this birth defect is genetic‚drugs and alcohol. A prevention to this is to eat the right vitamins and not abuse alcohol or drugs. If this birth effect is genetic there isn’t really a way to stop it just prepare for it. The cure for cleft lip and palate is surgery

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    Cleft Lip/Palate 1. Define Cleft/Palate. Cleft Lip/Palate is a birth defect that occurs when the baby’s lip or mouth does not close or form properly during pregnancy. Cleft Lip/Palate together are called “orofacial clefts.” This is said to develop during early pregnancy. The infant can be born with either one or both. A. Cleft Lip forms between the 4 and 7th week of pregnancy. This is when the tissue that makes up the lip does not completely join before birth. B. Cleft Palate forms between

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    SCHOLARLY ARTICLE CRITIQUE Jennifer P. McCord Scholarly Article Critique Grand Canyon University Scholarly Article Critique The problem as stated appeared to be of profound significance for determining how to best benefit children with cleft type who have a learning disability in reading. While this may be true‚ the study resonates that there are signs of inconclusiveness. To specifically address shortcomings to the study‚ however‚ the stated problem was not clearly visible to an average

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    of mandibular deformities Distraction osteogenesis ** Genioplasty ** Dramatic facial change with relaltively minor surgery Morphology of bony chin and overlaying soft tissue must be corrected Integrity of attached gingiva important Can alter lip morphology and competence Transoral vertical ramus Adj V shaped mandibles Less neurosenosry loss Possibility more stable Dis Experience‚ segment positioning problems‚ RIF more challenging possible limited to MMF MAXILLARY DEFORMITIES Le

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    services to providing health care for those who would not otherwise be able to attain it; one such organization is Operation Smile. Operation Smile is a community based organization dedicated to aiding underprivileged children who suffer from cleft palatelip‚ or burn disfigurement by providing reconstructive surgery free of charge. While Operation Smile’s primary goal is to aid individual children who suffer from facial deformities‚ the organization employs a community-based approach to its efforts

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    charity organization to help children around the world with cleft lip and cleft palates. Organization Method: Problem-Solution I. Introduction As I turn through the channels on television this small child with a cleft lip catches my eye. I began to watch and educated myself about the child. Operation Smile is a non-profit organization based in Norfolk‚ Virginia. Operation was founded in 1982 to provide cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children worldwide. I am here today to

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    The Background- What is Cleft Lip & Palate Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects that occur when a baby’s lip or mouth do not form properly. This defect also affects the nose too. These birth defects together are commonly referred to as “orofacial clefts” which happen early during pregnancy. A baby can have a cleft lip‚ a cleft palate‚ or both1. Every year over 19‚000 children in Africa are born with clefts. Though completely treatable‚ less than half get the treatment they desperately

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    or acquire them throughout their life have an opportunity to gain back their confidence through plastic surgery. A child who was born with a cleft lip or cleft palate have many obstacles they have to overcome‚ like disrupting the child’s full ability to speak and eat. A writer from the American Society of Plastic Surgery states‚ “Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects affecting children in North America.” Now with plastic surgery being applied to a situation like this

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