This is the heart-warming moment a baby said her first word on camera - after her parents feared she wouldn't be able to speak due to a cleft palate.

Born with cleft palate and cleft lip, the baby was abandoned by his biological parents in the forest when he was just two ...

When Samantha Hanratty, actress and star of Yellowjackets, discovered during pregnancy that her baby would be born with a cleft lip, she faced a wave of emotions. Now, having welcomed her son on ...

The lips should be fully formed ... Infants with CP may have a tongue that falls into the cleft and obstructs the airway. Some infants with CP require the use of an oropharyngeal airway to ...

Most cleft lips are repaired at about four months ... If this process is tolerated well by the baby and the parents, we proceed with a feed plate and nasal support. This technique is called the nasal ...

“Children can be born with a cleft lip on its own, a cleft palate on its ... “The gap is there because parts of the baby's face didn't join together properly during development in the womb ...

Cleft lip and palate treatment in India, from prenatal counseling to advanced surgeries, with a focus on innovation and care.

The patterns on a person’s lips might be genetically linked to clefts and other orofacial disorders. A repaired cleft lip shows a whorled pattern. Image by MARY L. MARAZITA, CENTER FOR ...