The pediatrician at the clinic explains to parents of a newborn that their child suffers from cleft palate. she tells them that
the normal palate fused in an anterior to posterior pattern. the child's palatine processes have not fused. have his palatine bones fused normally? explain.
The answer is no because the newborn palatine bones did not fused in the first place. If the palatine processes have not fused, then the palatine bones remain unfused since the palatine bones are still posterior to the palatine processes of the maxillae. With this, the non-fusion of palatine bones resulted to a cleft palate child.
I would explain to her that most likely the teeth will not repair themselves due to the fact that, unlike bone, enamel does not contain cells that are capable of remodeling and repair. However, some remineralization is possible.
Because genetics are influenced by the socioeconomic functions and traditions of the culture, slowly influencing and evolving the average body for a descendant of said culture.
