in the management of patients with complete palatal clefts early repair of the soft palate ( before 1 year of age ) and delayed repair of the hard palate ( after five or six years of age ) has been advocated on the basis that good speech will develop following soft palate closure and that avoidance of trauma to the hard palate will obviate maxillary growth disturbance .
C0700374
palatal
C0226901
hard