Submucous cleft palate, or hidden cleft palate, is a birth defect that can cause numerous challenges for infants and toddlers. The muscles of the soft palate have two important functions, says Amy ...

When Aiden Turner was born, his mother looked at his tiny face and sighed with relief. His father and his older sister, Taylor, were born with a cleft palate, a deformity that occurs when the roof of ...

082018_Stat-Consult_Image Cleft lip and palate is defined as congenital malformation of the upper lip and/or oral cavity disrupting normal facial structure and oromotor function. cleft lip with or ...

Cleft lip and palate are relatively common deformities, but only a few hundred reconstructive surgeons in the United States work with such patients. John A. Girotto, MD, not only cares for children ...

Cleft lip can affect one or both sides of the upper lip. Cleft lip and cleft palate commonly occur as isolated birth defects, but they're also associated with more than 300 known genetic conditions.

Dr Ian Bernadt, a prominent ear, nose and throat specialist, carried out the procedure on the two-year-old in August 2008. The child, who can not be identified because of a suppression order, was born ...

The “seemingly mundane” act of eating crisps could be “risky” for certain people with an unusual deformity, doctors have warned, after a 54-year-old woman perforated the tissue separating her oral and ...

Andrea Gerardi has been waiting nearly two years for her son to get surgery that she says would improve his quality of life, but like others across Ontario, it's been pushed to an unknown date due to ...

A WA surgeon has been found guilty of careless conduct after performing an operation which left a toddler with a speech impediment that made her sound "like Donald Duck". Dr Ian Bernadt, a prominent ...

Cleft lip is an opening in the upper lip of a baby. This occurs when the tissues of the upper lip and roof of the mouth do not join together as they should. Tissues from each side of your head join ...

Cleft lip and/or palate are the most common birth defects of the mouth. A cleft lip occurs when the two structures or processes that make up the lip do not completely fuse before birth. According to a ...