Any attentive observer of families who have a child afflicted with a cleft lip whether or not associated with a palatal cleft would be certain to be impressed by the importance of the psychological context of their interpersonal exchanges and the risks of a breakdown in the parent-child relationship adversely affecting the child’s development. The birth of a child with a cleft lip inevitably be...

To explore the potential viability and limitations of 3D printed models of children with cleft palate deformity. BACKGROUND The advantages of 3D printed replicas of normal anatomical specimens have previously been described. The creation of 3D prints displaying patient-specific anatomical pathology for surgical planning and interventions is an emerging field. Here we explored the possibility ...

INTRODUCTION Cleft lip and/or palate is the most common congenital craniofacial anomaly. Ultrasonography plays a key role in the early diagnosis of this anomaly and is completed by MRI. The purpose of this paper is to present and summarize the experience in diagnosis of cleft lip/palate by means of MRI. MATERIAL AND METHODS The material consists of 62 fetuses that required more detailed evalu...

BACKGROUND This article presents long-term outcomes after correcting secondary bilateral cleft lip nasal deformities using a refined reverse-U incision and V-Y plasty or in combination with a composite graft in order to elongate the short columella. METHODS A total of forty-six patients underwent surgery between September 1996 and December 2008. The age of the patients ranged from 3 to 19 yea...

background: one of the most common anomalies in newborn infants is cleft lip and/or cleft palate (cl/p). in spite of several studies about the prevalence of this, no investigation evaluated this prevalence in the west and north-west of iran. with due attention to different ethnic groups in this area, the aim of this study is to investigate whether the distribution of cl/p live births varies reg...

BackgroundCleft lip and cleft palate (also, known as or facial clefts), are amongst the most common congenital deformities affecting the jaw and face as well as the most common defects associated with lip and palate. Thus, the current study was an attempt to investigate the prevalence and risk factors of or facial clefts in Iranian children.Materials and Methods:The present study, was conducted...

Cleft lip and cleft palate (CL/P) is a deformity indicated by an opening or uncommon in the roof of the mouth (palate). The differences in ethnicity, gender, correlation with genetic factors influence prevalence Non-syndromic CL/P. This study was conducted through literature review on genes that were allegedly associated Genetics play role, to greater lesser extent, all diseases. Besides, pal...