We collected comprehensive data on care and outcomes from 268 children with unilateral cleft lip and palate. The established multi-disciplinary centralised service should be maintained. To do this, ...

Genetic variants Cleft lip and cleft palate, also known as orofacial clefts, can be caused by genetic mutations, but in many cases, there is no known genetic cause. "The mechanism for the ...

Cleft Care UK (CCUK) a cross sectional survey of five year old children with non-syndromic unilateral cleft lip and palate. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of reconfigured ...

Infants with CP may have a tongue that falls into the cleft and obstructs the airway. Some infants with CP require the use of an oropharyngeal airway to alleviate this problem. [3] If the infant ...

Around one in 700 babies worldwide are born with a cleft lip or palate. However, many parents and carers have little idea of how clefts affect children’s ability to make speech sounds and learn ...

PMID: 37844606. Early Secondary Alveolar Bone Grafting and Facial Growth of Patients with Complete Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate - Jean-Charles Doucet, DMD, MD, MSc, FRCD(C); Kathleen A. Russell DDS ...