John Blankenship will have another surgery next summer to close the hole in the roof of his mouth. His family is so grateful ...

Cleft lip and palate surgery is a procedure that can correct a common birth irregularity. It’s typically performed in infancy and can correct issues with feeding, speech, and appearance. Share on ...

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 ...

A cleft chin refers to a chin with a Y-shaped dimple in the middle. It’s usually a genetic trait. Depending on your preference, you may consider cleft chins a sign of beauty or not. You can both add ...

When Peter was born six years ago, his mother abandoned him in the very hospital where she gave birth in Ghana’s southern Ashanti region. He came out of her womb with a gaping split in his face from ...

Every year, over 35,000 children are born with clefts in India. Cleft lips and cleft palate are birth defects that occur when a baby’s lips or mouth are not properly formed during pregnancy. According ...

Mary L. Marazita receives funding from the National Institutes of Health, primarily the National Institute of Dental and Craniofaical Research. Bernard J Costello is affiliated with the AACMFS and ...

THEIR LOVED ONES TO INSPIRE POSITIVE CHANGE. THAT’S WHAT LEADERS SAY IS AHEAD. WHEN THE SIXTH ANNUAL CLEFT CON COMES RIGHT HERE TO CENTRAL FLORIDA AND ONE NONPROFIT IS WORKING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE ...

For infants undergoing cleft palate surgery, local anesthetic injection targeting the maxillary nerve of the face may reduce or eliminate the need for opioid medications to control postoperative pain, ...