In some children, cleft palate occurs in combination with other conditions or birth defects. When this happens, there may be a genetic cause for all of the conditions. Some of those include ...

“If a cleft lip or palate does not show up on a scan, it is often diagnosed during the physical exam done after birth”. “No one knows exactly what causes a cleft. It's a combination of ...

It can happen just in the lip, it can happen on one side or both sides, and it can happen right through the gums and affect the back side of the soft palate. When you look down the cleft, you’ll see ...

Researchers have found a gene that causes cleft lip and palate in mice, according to a paper in the April 26 PNAS. The finding also suggests a causal link between smoking and cleft lip and palate in ...

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

Cleft lip and cleft palate (CL/CP) are the most commonly occurring craniofacial birth defects. Although some CL/CPs are detected on prenatal ultrasound, the majority are immediately recognized in ...

Although some of the underlying risk factors for cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) have been identified there is still a lot more to learn about what causes cleft and how this affects the development of ...