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he oral clefts is one of leading cause of increased infant mortality and poor quality of life across the globe. The oral cleft patients in developing world face greater problems due to lack of access to quality healthcare. The patients of cleft lip and palate (CLP) face significant feeding and speech problems. In addition, hearing loss and delayed midface development in CLP patients is also present.1 The occurrence of cleft lip and palate (CLP) varies significantly among various racial groups. The reported incidence of CLP is 1 in 1,000 births in whites, 1 in 500 births in Asians and Native Americans and approximately 1 in 2,400 to 2,500 births in people of African descent.2-4 The variable factors including heredity, nutrition, drug abuse, and environmental factors have been reported to contribute to oral clefts.5 The cleft lip and palate (CLP) is the most common oral cleft deformity followed by isolated cleft lip and isolated cleft palate.6 The variation in birth prevalence of oral clefts in different geographic locations is due to sampling type, population (hospital versus population), race and inclusion/exclusion criteria. The birthplace of babies with CLP in terms of home or hospital delivery influences registration of cases. However, CLP cases may be missed because the anomaly remains undiagnosed at the time of birth or because of lack of interest in registration.7 The complete registration of CLP cases requires pooling of data from several sources.8 The prevalence of CLP among ethnic groups across the globe vary. In population of Europe and North America extensive birth prevalence of CLP has been reported. In comparison, lower CLP birth prevalence among African-American populations have been observed.9 Malaysia is a multi-racial country of Malays, Chinese, Indians and others. To best of authors' knowledge prevalence of CLP 1. Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Bibi Aseefa Dental College, SMBB Medical University Larkana. 2. Assistant Professor and Head Department of Science of Dental Materials, Bibi Aseefa Dental College, SMBB Medical University Larkana. 3. Assistant Professor, Community Dentistry, Bibi Aseefa Dental College, SMBB Medical University Larkana. Corresponding author: “Dr. Shahid Ali Mirani ”  T Syed Yousif Ali Shah BDS, MDSc Shahid Ali Mirani BDS, MPhil, PhD ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Evaluating Occurrence of Variable Cleft Lip and Palate Types Among Ethnic Groups of Malaysia