Cleft Palate Hole In Roof Of Mouth

Sometimes the two sides do not fuse correctly leaving an opening or cleft in the palate.

Cleft palate hole in roof of mouth.

A cleft palate pal it is when a baby is born with an opening a cleft in the roof of the mouth. This information sheet from great ormond street hospital gosh explains the symptoms causes and treatment of cleft palate and where to get help. The hole in the roof of the mouth caused by a cleft connects the mouth directly to the inside of the nose. A cleft is a hole or gap affecting the tissues in the palate roof of the mouth.

This leaves a hole between the nose and the mouth. In simpler terms a palatal obturator covers any fistulas or holes in the roof of the mouth that lead to the nasal cavity providing the wearer with a plastic acrylic removable roof of the mouth which aids in speech eating and proper air flow. Palatal obturators are not to be confused with palatal lifts or other prosthetic devices. When i tell people about my cleft palate they look at my now flawless grin with awe and say wow i would have never known i laugh politely.

A palatal obturator may be used in cases of a deficiency in tissue when a remaining opening in the palate occurs. I was born with a hole in the roof of my mouth. It occurs due to the failure of fusion of the lateral palatine processes the nasal septum or the median palatine processes formation of the secondary palate. Cleft palate is a hole in the roof of the mouth that is present at birth.