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Childbearing is one of the most important physiological properties of living organisms especially human beings. The focus of scientific knowledge in the disciplines of gynecology, obstetrics and paediatrics is to ensure the birth of healthy and defect free offspring. The biggest asset of any country is its young generation of healthy, wise, intelligent, and creative youngsters and children. Congenital malformations appearing in the children are a major factor making such a great asset inefficient and leading to great losses in the human capital. Cleft lip and palate with a measured worldwide incidence of 1 in every 700 live births, is one of these malformations 1. Cleft lip and cleft palate are the congenital abnormality affecting 3 in 1000 live births 2. Cleft lip and cleft palate are one of the most common congenital anomalies caused by the abnormal facial growth during foetal life 3. Cleft lip with or without cleft palate and cleft palate CP, are the most common malformations in new borns. Asians are at higher risk for or facial clefts, followed by Caucasians and African Americans 4, 5. In Iran, its prevalence is varied from 0.93 to 1.03 per 1,000 births 6. According to the statistics, among every 700 live births in America, one infant has facial clefts. Thus, annually 5,000 infants are born with cleft lip and palate in America; this means that every two minutes an infant with cleft lip and cleft palate draws its first breath7. Isolated cleft lip or cleft lip with a clef ...
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