A cleft palate is a V- or U-shaped gap in the tissue between the mouth and the inside of the nose. It includes variable separation of the muscular soft palate and uvula (the small piece of tissue ...

There are many different surgical techniques to address cleft lip and cleft palate. The type of surgery will depend on the specific irregularity, your surgeon’s preference, and the technology ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m pregnant with my second child. During the 20-week anatomy scan, my obstetrician detected my baby has a cleft lip. Does this mean my baby also has a cleft palate? How and ...

You may think you don’t know anyone with a cleft lip or palate, but when you have a baby with a cleft, you realize you’re in good company, Krist says. About 1 in 700 babies is born with some ...

The prognosis for infants born with oral clefts in the absence of any other congenital anomalies largely depends on the type of cleft, according to a population-based cohort study conducted among ...

I am a retired professional nurse and nurse practitioner born with facial difference — a complete bilateral cleft lip and palate, which consists of splits or gaps on both sides of the upper lip ...

Chelsea Sommer wants every child born with cleft palate to receive the care they deserve. The bilingual speech-language pathologist knows it can be challenging to obtain treatment for this complex ...