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Please help me? what is a cleft palate?
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Roof of mouth hole: When you are being formed in your mom, lots of parts start out separated and grow together. Your palate is one of these structures. Rarely, the two sides of the palate don't grow together and yoju are left with a cleft, a hole, there.
Answered 2/24/2014
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Oral malformation: It is a split in the roof of the mouth.
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