Researchers have uncovered another clue behind the causes of cleft palate and the process that leads to palate formation. Researchers at the University Of Southern California School Of Dentistry have ...

Cleft palate (CP) is caused by disruption of palatogenesis during embryonic development. Although surgery is a standard option to repair CP, patients often require additional surgeries, special dental ...

Cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) is a common congenital malformation affecting approximately 2 per 1000 newborns worldwide (Murray, 2002) and causing a major psychosocial and economic burden for the ...

Question: My son was born with a cleft lip and palate. His plastic surgeon wants to repair the lip when he is about 2 or 3 months old, but he wants to wait 18 months before fixing the palate. Why do ...

Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found a new mechanism that explains why a certain gene mutation causes craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS), a disorder that causes cleft palate and ...

DURING the last few years management of cleft palate has expanded rapidly and at the same time has become a very controversial field. It is no longer considered the sole province of the plastic ...

It's estimated that every three minutes, somewhere in the world a baby is born with a cleft lip or palate, making it one of the most common birth defects. Eighteen-year-old Emma Johnston was born with ...