July is Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month, which aims to raise awareness and improve understanding of cleft lip and palate defects ... In circumstances when the cleft is on two sides or bilateral ...

I was born in the 1970s with a bilateral cleft lip and palate, and have undergone almost a dozen surgeries throughout my lifetime. At the time, before the age of the Internet and social media ...

Born with a bilateral cleft lip ... “We get puppies from across the country.” A cleft lip or palate — an opening in the upper lip or roof of the mouth — occurs in both humans and dogs ...

“The lip repair, you know ... we found out that Ari was going to have a bilateral cleft lip and palate. So that’s a cleft on ...

Next, children will have surgery to repair the cleft and close the gap. Children will usually have surgery for a cleft lip between 3 and 6 months and for a cleft palate between 6 and 12 months.

When Eloise Lundeen was born with a cleft lip and palate, her parents weren’t sure what to do. The birth defect occurs when the upper lip and roof of the mouth (known as the palate) of a ...