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I’m pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does ...

A proposed classification system appears highly accurate in evaluating nasal deformities in infants with cleft lip and/or ...

Antigua has marked a significant step forward in surgical care with the successful performance of a Wardill-Kilner palatoplasty—a classic and effective cleft palate repair technique—by Dr ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate, collectively referred to as orofacial clefts, are among the most common craniofacial birth defects in the United States. A new study led by ADA Forsyth adjunct faculty ...

Cleft lip surgery typically happens around 3 months of age, and cleft palate surgery around 9 to 12 months. In between, babies are learning to eat, communicate their needs, play and babble.

Cleft lip and palate, a congenital disorder affecting 1 in 700 live births, is a significant healthcare burden in India. The condition leads to mental agony for the patients and their families.

For over twenty years it has been customary for us to repair a cleft lip when the baby has reached 2.7 kg. (6 pounds), is in good health, is gaining steadily and is five or six weeks of age.

Roughly 70% of children with cleft palate require speech therapy, but some regions in the world have a shortage of speech therapists. Chelsea Sommer is addressing these gaps in care. ... (VPD) – which ...

The analysis included 5,927 children who underwent reconstructive surgery for cleft lip (without cleft palate repair) between 2006 and 2012. Data were drawn from the nationwide Kids' Inpatient ...

Both were born with cleft palates, and both had repair surgery at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Mr Grantham’s cleft palate came as a surprise to his parents when he was born in 1993 ...