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Abstract
A collaborative project was undertaken between the Orthodontic Department- Cairo University and the Ministry of Health to investigate the birth incidence of cleft lip and/or palate patients in the Arab Republic of Egypt from the 1st of January to the 31th of December 2013. This study represented a part of the project and aimed to determine the incidence of cleft defects in Alexandria, El-Beheira, Al-Fayoum and Red Sea Governorates. To ensure precise data collection, primary health care facilities, main governmental hospitals of the Ministry of Health, University hospitals, main health offices and Smile Train treatment centers were selected, as reliable sources of gathering data in the assigned governorates. All newly born babies included in the study were born to Egyptian parents. Still births and abortuses affected by clefts were not included. In this study, Shapira et al classification was selected due to its reliability, efficiency and simplicity since it was found to be easier for the health care staff to apply. Diagnostic sheets were distributed among the selected areas, containing full data about each cleft case. Cases were diagnosed and recorded in the diagrammatic sheet by the health care staff and was double checked by the candidate.