Introduction:

Cleft lip and palate are the most frequently seen congenital defects in pediatric maxillofacial surgery services. They appear early in intrauterine life during the embryonic and early fetal period.

Objective:

To examine the clinical characteristics of patients with cleft lip and palate.

Methods:

Descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study. The study universe consisted of 91 clinical histories of patients attended at the Maxillofacial Surgery Department of "William Soler Ledea" University Pediatric Hospital in Havana, between 2015 and 2019. The variables measured were age, sex, type of cleft, isolated congenital defects and multiple congenital defects.

Results:

Females predominated with 57.1% and ages younger than one year (54.9%). Isolated cleft palates were more frequent (39.6%) and left-sided lip clefts were present in 18 patients (32.7%). The most usual isolated congenital defect was ventricular septal defect (4.4 %) and multiple congenital defect resulted in Goldenhar syndrome (5.5%).

Conclusions:

In the children studied with cleft lip and palate there was a predominance of the female sex, mainly in girls under five years of age. Isolated cleft palate was the most frequent; and small group of patients presented cleft palate defects.

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