India has one of the highest rates of cleft births, and misconceptions and stigma often delay recovery from this treatable ...

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 ...

A piercing is an open wound and vulnerable to pathogens (germs) that may enter and cause an infection. The mouth’s moist environment harbors lots of bacteria. Because of their location on the mouth, ...

The charity provides free surgeries to help children with cleft lips and palates. “With still so many patients in need of cleft and other essential surgeries, we realized we had to bring safe ...

Amelie's cleft condition means her top lip is split, which can potentially affect her speech development. Her mother, Lilian Moss, 35, has been teaching her Makaton - a communication system using ...

The GBD case definition OFCs include isolated cleft lip, isolated cleft palate, and combined cleft lip and palate, which corresponds to International Classification of Disease Version ICD-10 codes Q35 ...

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