Strike actor Tom Burke made an ultra-rare confession about a childhood trait that left him needing surgery. See details.

He is the only offspring of young, non-consanguineous German parents. His mother has an isolated left cleft of lip and a cleft palate. At birth, our patient presented with bilaterally cleft lip ...

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 ...

Born with a bilateral cleft lip, Kynlee, 10, began noticing her facial differences around age 6. Other kids noticed, too. “They would make her feel different, and they would draw attention to ...

Congenital Birth defects affect on an average around 1 in every 30 to 40 births. Few factors may predispose to an increased incidence, such as advanced parental age, family history of birth defects, ...

Last April, a group led by PennWest Clarion’s Club Smile embarked on a walk around campus that was less than a mile in distance. Dubbed “A Small Walk for Big Smiles,” the walk produced life-altering ...

It formed a special team of surgeons and has performed 15 surgeries in the past year. Cleft lip and cleft palate are conditions where openings or splits occur in the upper lip or the roof of the ...