Cleft lips are usually diagnosed during the 20 week ... The soft palate (the roof of the mouth towards the back), plays a big part in our ability to make sounds, Catrina explains.

Most cleft lips are repaired at about four months ... and about 70 percent of how people perceive us comes from our face and lower portions of that face. It really does play a big part. For these kids ...

[Courtesy] Children born with cleft lip and palate face difficulties while suckling, and this is heartbreaking for mothers. Sylvia Krian, a mother of a three-month-old who was born with a cleft ...

However, it might surprise you to discover some of your biggest stars sport cleft lip and palate scars. While some embrace them and openly share their stories, several others say the topic of ...

The patterns on a person’s lips might be genetically linked to clefts and other orofacial disorders. A repaired cleft lip shows a whorled pattern. Image by MARY L. MARAZITA, CENTER FOR ...

The president and chief executive officer of Smile Train, a non-governmental organisation that offers free cleft lip and palate surgeries, Dr Susannah Schaefer, said in Africa alone, the 149 250 ...

Many would consider being born with a cleft lip and palate a setback that could have negative implications throughout one’s whole life. Looking back now, as a 30-year veteran of the finance and ...

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 ...

The birth of a child with a cleft lip or palate, or both, can be very upsetting, especially as not all families can afford the high treatment costs. Now, Swiss researchers have developed a low ...