Surgical repair of a cleft lip and palate have medical benefits beyond the cosmetic. Repairing a cleft lip and palate will provide your infant with improved ability to nurse or drink from a bottle ...

Without a cleft lip, a cleft palate is harder to see on ultrasound. Doctors usually find a cleft palate when they look and feel inside a baby's mouth during the first newborn exam. A plastic surgeon ...

Dr. Lori K. Howell is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who does cleft lip repairs at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Her patients have included August Poirier. Cleft lip and cleft palate are ...

The cleft of the lip forms during the early trimester ... Kau: The first thing we (orthodontists) do is try to bring the cleft closer together. Most cleft lips are repaired at about four months, the ...

Sapphira experienced feeding problems from the start because of her incomplete lip. She had trouble gaining weight. Cleft lip repair often occurs in two stages, with an initial procedure at about 2-3 ...

Several techniques are available for the surgical repair of the cleft lip, however, avoiding secondary deformities and achieving consistent results remains a challenge. The whistle deformity is a ...

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.

Most kids can have surgery to repair them early in life. During the first 6 to 10 weeks of pregnancy, the bones and skin of a baby's upper jaw, nose, and mouth normally come together (fuse) to form ...

Our team of experts at the Johns Hopkins Cleft Lip and Palate Clinic helps patients achieve their full potential, without being defined or limited by facial differences. To repair a cleft lip, the ...

Several techniques are available for the surgical repair of the cleft lip, however, avoiding secondary deformities and achieving consistent results remains a challenge. The whistle deformity is a ...

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 ...

Parents often need help with feeding if their baby has a cleft. Taping and nasoalveolar molding to improve results of surgery There are 3 strategies we use for pre-surgical molding before lip repair ...