DOI: 10.36106/ijsr/9602734 ISSN:
CLASSIFICATION OF CLEFT LIP AND PALATE - PAST TO PRESENT
Kaleem Fatima, Deepak Singh, Anshika Gandhi, Priyank Rai, Tulika Tripathi- General Medicine
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Environmental Science
- General Medicine
- Ocean Engineering
- General Medicine
- General Medicine
- General Medicine
- General Medicine
- General Earth and Planetary Sciences
- General Environmental Science
- General Medicine
Cleft lip and palate is the most common congenital anomaly affecting 1.6 per 1000 live births. Cleft lip and palate may involves the lip, alveolus, hard palate and soft palate in different combinations. As cleft lip and palate involves diverse combinations and requires an interdisciplinary approach towards treatment, a common language of communication is required. The classication of cleft lip and palate has come a long way since the rst classication system by Davis and Ritchie in 1922 till now. This article explores the different classication systems and the evolution of classication systems of cleft lip and palate till now