Operation Smile South Africa is returning to Mbombela this month, to provide free, life-changing surgeries to children with ...

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Phayvanh Pecha about treating children born with cleft lip and palate. Dr. Pecha is an ...

Operation Smile South Africa will conduct its local surgical programme at the Rob Ferreira Hospital in Mbombela from 25 to 27 ...

This is part of a joint effort done by Operation Smile South Africa and the Mpumalanga Department of Health, who, through the ...

Run saw its highest turnout yet with over 600 participants gathered at Universiti Malaya (UM) Arena Stadium in Kuala Lumpur.

For patients with unilateral cleft lip and palate (UCLP), velar adhesion (VA) reduces cleft width prior to palatoplasty and ...

"Her cleft palate is quite big, but she was able to eat from a bottle in the beginning (as opposed to tube feeding) every three to four hours, and she's now eating regular soft food a few times a day.

Cleft lip and palate are among the most common congenital malformations, which are mainly due to genetic causes. It is not yet known exactly which genes are affected. A study led by the University ...

Roughly 70% of children with cleft palate require speech therapy, however, there are some regions in the world with a shortage of speech therapists. A professor and craniofacial speech therapist at ...

A clip of a very "special puppy" with a cleft palate has gone viral on TikTok with more than 1.8 million views.. In the video post to @clefttedteddy, Teddy the golden retriever puppy can be seen ...

Archaeologists in Poland have found the 300-year-old remains of a man who had a prosthetic that helped him live with a condition called cleft palate. When you purchase through links on our site ...