Cleft lip and palate (CL/P) are common congenital conditions that can significantly impact an infant's ability to feed effectively. Feeding difficulties are prevalent among infants with CL/P due ...

It can happen just in the lip, it can happen on one side or both sides, and it can happen right through the gums and affect the back side of the soft palate. When you look down the cleft, you’ll see ...

The cleft areas easily become encrusted with milk, which makes them prone to excoriation and infection. A small amount of sterile water can be offered to the infant after each feeding to clean the ...

[15] With a CL, it is imperative that this systematic examination be completed before a feeding, due to the potential ... have a tongue that falls into the cleft and obstructs the airway.

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 ...

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 ...