Children born with these conditions often face childhood malnutrition and endure a lifetime of stigma and speech difficulties ...

A proposed classification system appears highly accurate in evaluating nasal deformities in infants with cleft lip and/or ...

A new classification system seems to be highly accurate for evaluating nasal deformities in infants with cleft lip and palate ...

A proposed classification system appears highly accurate in evaluating nasal deformities in infants with cleft lip and/or palate (CLP), reports a study in the May/June issue of The Journal of ...

Standardized approach to evaluating CLP-related nasal deformities Cleft lip and/or palate is one of ... includes separate classifications for unilateral (one side) and bilateral (both sides ...

“Cooper was born with a complete unilateral cleft lip and palate, which means only one side of his face is affected. “His cleft went from his lip all the way to his soft palate – the spongy ...

Objective: To compare dental positional and gingival parameters of maxillary anterior teeth in unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP) after orthodontic treatment with canine substitution due to ...

The aim of this cross-sectional study was to perform a three-dimensional (3D) assessment of the cranial base of patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP). Cone-beam computed tomography ...

This is a preliminary surgery that is usually performed between 2 and 4 weeks of age. The aim of the surgery is to convert a complete cleft lip (wide unilateral or bilateral complete cleft) to an ...

THE standard of achievement in the repair of the unilateral cleft lip‡ has undergone important changes in recent decades. Historically, each generation has tried to better the results of the ...