During pregnancy, some parents learn their child will be born with a cleft lip or cleft palate. Other families find out at birth. Fortunately, cleft-repair surgery keeps improving. Eventually, tiny, ...

Dental problems commonly associated with cleft lip and palate may be caused by abnormalities in salivary glands and an imbalance of immune compounds in the mouth, report investigators. A new study in ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach family is celebrating their son’s new smile thanks to a therapy now being offered at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters to repair cleft lip and palate.

Cleft lip and cleft palate is cause due to improper fusion of the facial tissues in the middle. It affects one in 700 babies. There may be just a cleft in the upper lip or the cleft may affect the ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — It was only one day’s worth of learning for Oscar High School sophomore Chris Brooks, and it wasn't what he expected going in. “Very inspiring," he said. "It’s not like we're ...

lefts of lip can occur on one side of the face – (unilateral) or both sides (bilateral). The size of clefts varies. It may be minute -just about a notch, or could be complete, right through the bony ...