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Dr Anitha Anchan | Updated: March 4, 2014 7:10 pm. Tags: Birth Defects Gum disease Oral Health Cleft lip Tongue tie. It is likely that you have seen kids with a cleft in the lip sometimes continuing into the palate (or roof of your mouth) or tooth/teeth missing from birth. Well, these are what are called congenital anomalies or birth defects.
Every 4 Â½ minutes, a baby is born with a birth defect in the United States. That translates into nearly 120,000 babies affected by birth defects each year. Birth defects can affect almost any part of the body (e.g., heart, brain, foot).auses. Birth defects can occur during any stage of pregnancy. Most birth defects occur in the first 3 months of pregnancy, when the organs of the baby are forming. This is a very important stage of development.