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 when is ...

Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors which, in early fetal ...

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 ...

About 20-thousand people drive by a world class clinic on a daily basis. It’s a hidden gem located in Lancaster providing infants, children and adults with comprehensive treatment of cleft lip and ...

Cleft lip and palate are among the most common birth defects in the U.S., yet for many, it feels like they’re not talked about enough. “Honestly, to hear that anything is wrong with your kid or your ...

Lauren Onishi wants others to realize clefts are more than a cosmetic concern. Over the last 20 years, cleft lip and palate awareness has grown, spurred in part by TV commercials from the nonprofit ...

Since the coronavirus pandemic, according to James Mah, the dean of UNLV’s School of Dental Medicine, it’s been difficult for families with children born with cleft palates and other craniofacial ...

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 and ...

TC operates with a ‘partner locally and innovate globally’ philosophy. “We help build local systems so that local ...