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 ...

We will guide your family carefully through what may be years of treatment for your child. Your child’s care team will stay with your child and family the whole time. Cleft lip: You are likely to ...

Children may be born with clefts that affect their lip, palate, or both. Each child’s treatment is tailored to their specific type of cleft to give them the best appearance and functional outcome.

After having two children with a cleft lip and a cleft palate, one Baltimore family visited Dr. Richard Redett in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery to seek out treatment and ongoing ...

one undergoing treatment for a lip laceration, and one undergoing treatment for a cleft lip. The scientists used a retroviral vector to deactivate a gene which stops a cell's life cycle and to ...

one undergoing treatment for a lip laceration, and one undergoing treatment for a cleft lip. The scientists used a retroviral ...

August Poirier was born with a cleft lip, which he had repaired at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. His mother, Jessica Poirier, brings him back regularly for continuing care from a team of cleft ...

“If there's a cleft lip diagnosed, then the family will be assigned a specialist NHS cleft nurse very early on to explain their child’s condition, discuss treatment and answer any questions ...

Additionally, a study examined the dental arch symmetry in patients with and without cleft lip and palate after orthodontic treatment. The results indicated that while symmetry could be achieved ...

A team experienced in treating children with cleft lip and palate can create a treatment plan tailored to your child's needs. The psychologists and social workers on the treatment team are there for ...

Your craniofacial team may recommend 1 or more of these treatments, depending on your baby’s cleft and their health needs The goal of molding is to make the gap in the gums and lip smaller before your ...

A team experienced in treating children with cleft lip and palate can create a treatment plan tailored to your child's needs. The psychologists and social workers on the treatment team are there for ...