 This study evaluates the self-esteem of patients with cleft lip and palate and compares it to non-affected individuals, finding that those with cleft lip and palate have lower levels of self-esteem, particularly among individuals with bilateral or complete clefs, female gender, low schooling, unsatisfactory results concerning communication, dentition, and lip scar, and families reconstituted during childhood. This article was authored by Ale Sander Glazer, Sadie Salaman-Decosta, and Marcus Venetius Martens-Collers.