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The repair of the cleft palate (also known as a palatoplasty) is usually done at six to eighteen months of age. Although the child may look normal from the outside, the cleft palate can be seen by looking for a separation in the roof of the child's mouth.
A major anomaly. You are working in a clinic and a 4-year-old child is brought in with a history of cleft palate repair. His parents say they want to have another child and ask you if their other children will have the same problem. They mention that Momâs uncle Bob had a cleft lip.