NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 15 - Girls with facial clefts can safely undergo surgical reshaping of the nose at age 16, when nasal growth is mature in most individuals; for boys the operation can be ...

Oral maxillofacial surgery, or OMFS, is a specialty that combines dentistry and facial surgery to provide services from wisdom teeth removal to complex jaw surgery to fix cleft lips and palates, ...

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 ...

Children of non-White racial/ethnic backgrounds experience significant disparities in access to and outcomes of surgery to repair cleft lip, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and ...

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A Westchester teen is raising awareness to a fixable birth defect affecting children and adults worldwide. Lily Milkis, from Cortlandt Manor, had a cleft lip at birth. The 17-year-old is also a former ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A Virginia Beach family is celebrating their son’s new smile thanks to a therapy now being offered at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters to repair cleft lip and palate.

A Newfoundland dad is hopeful that his son’s medical care will continue to be covered after a call with Premier Tony Wakeham.