Over the last 20 years, cleft lip and palate awareness has grown, spurred in part by TV commercials from the nonprofit Smile Train, which bills itself as "the world's largest cleft charity," and ...

Garissa Level 5 Hospital is hosting a four-day free surgical camp for children born with cleft lip and palate, sponsored by the NGO Love Without a Reason. The camp will conduct 15–20 surgeries daily, ...

July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of cleft lip and palate defects. About 6,000 to 8,000 babies are born in the United States with ...

What Are Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate? Cleft lip and cleft palate are facial and oral differences that occur very early in pregnancy, while the fetus is developing inside the uterus. When the tissues in ...

Babies born with a cleft lip or cleft palate, or both, will face some additional challenges in the early years of their lives, and so will their parents. Babies with clefts need to have surgery, learn ...

Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate. However, many parents and carers have little idea of how clefts affect children’s ability to make speech sounds and learn ...

For many Americans, cleft conditions may seem like a distant concern. But for thousands of families across the country, it is a long journey filled with resilience and courage to ensure a lasting ...

UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine researchers have identified the genetic mutation responsible for a form of cleft palate in the dog breed Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers. They hope that the ...

A cleft lip occurs when there is a split or opening in the lip. This opening can be small or large enough to connect the upper lip and nose. A cleft palate occurs when the roof of the mouth does not ...

Cleft lip or palate affects one in 700 babies in the United States and the United Kingdom. The reason for this defect lies in defects normal development of the face within the mother’s womb. The exact ...