What Is Cleft Lip and Palate? A cleft of the lip or palate happens when a baby is born with an opening in the upper lip or the roof of the mouth (the palate). These orofacial clefts are some of the ...

“A cleft is a gap in the upper lip and/or the roof of the mouth, otherwise known as the palate” says Catrina. “Children can be born with a cleft lip on its own, a cleft palate on its ...

But Regina remembered one friend’s baby also had been born with cleft lip and palate, a common birth defect in which the baby’s upper lip and the roof of the mouth don’t form properly. Regina knew the ...

The ongoing psychological, functional, and aesthetic challenges experienced by people with cleft lip and palate underscore the need for an individualized, lifelong, and multidisciplinary approach to ...

A condition, by birth, with the opening or split in the upper lip and roof of the mouth or both ... A prenatal ultrasound test can determine the cleft in an unborn child. If not, a cleft palate ...

TV host Wendy Williams has apologised after appearing to mock Joaquin Phoenix for a scar on his upper lip. The US presenter was accused of insulting people with a cleft palate while discussing the ...

1 Plastic Surgery Department, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury, UK 2 The Spires Cleft Centre, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Salisbury, UK A fit and well 7-year-old girl presented with an ...

Georgina Chaska Malone aims to raise funds and awareness for Smile Train – the world’s largest cleft charity dedicated to ...

What Is a Cleft Lip? Babies who are born with cleft lip have a gap or opening in the upper lip. This happens when the baby's lip doesn't form properly early in pregnancy, resulting in a split. These ...

Sometimes children have only one of these conditions. Some children have both. Cleft lip is an upper lip that is not completely formed. It affects how the lip works. If the cleft only affects the lip, ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common congenital (present at birth) facial abnormalities in children. These differences occur when the tissues and bone of the face and mouth do not fuse ...