It can be caused by various factors: genetics, alcohol, smoking ... 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 right ...

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 ...

Part 1 of this 2-part article, "Understanding the Embryology and Genetics of Cleft Lip and Palate," presented the embryology of the face, lip, and palate to help the clinician understand the ...

While lip prints aren’t typically used in forensics to nail criminals, they can offer clues to a person’s health—particularly his or her genetic predisposition to cleft lip or palate ...

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 ...

Many would consider being born with a cleft lip and palate a setback that could have negative implications throughout one’s whole life. Looking back now, as a 30-year veteran of the finance and ...

A cleft lip or palate – an opening in the upper lip or roof of the mouth – occurs in both humans and dogs as the mouth area forms in utero. It is caused by genetic or environmental factors ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are birth defects that occur when the tissues that form the facial features do not join properly, possibly due to genetic reasons. At a press conference on Monday ...