Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors which, in early fetal ...

Cleft lip and palate are congenital craniofacial anomalies that require a comprehensive surgical approach to restore facial aesthetics, speech, and overall function. Treatment is typically ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does this mean my baby also has a cleft palate? How and when is ...

KIMS Icon Hospital in Visakhapatnam celebrates 3,000 successful cleft lip and palate surgeries, enhancing lives of underprivileged patients.

Children of non-White racial/ethnic backgrounds experience significant disparities in access to and outcomes of surgery to repair cleft lip, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and ...

For infants undergoing cleft palate surgery, local anesthetic injection targeting the maxillary nerve of the face may reduce ...

Participating surgeon partners included: Elevated Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery's Randall Russell, Southeastern Minnesota Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery's Richard H. Kim, Colorado Oral Surgery's Michael ...

The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has indicated that cleft palate, a medical condition among children, ...

As Shriners Children’s of Ohio recognizes National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month in July, one local family found comfort in finding help close to home. “We’ve gotten to love on ...

A photo of baby Sutton has garnered more than 728,000 likes so far. When photographer Shannon Morton shared a baby photo to her business's Facebook page, she had no idea that it would go viral. "It ...

In 2011, Jeremy Shipp and his wife welcomed their son Henry, who was born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. Navigating their child through surgeries to repair the split in his upper lip and the roof ...