When she was born, she had no discernable lips, ears or nose. The resident of this west Japan city was among the roughly one ...

Treatment begins with primary surgeries, including lip and palate repair, which aim to reconstruct the soft tissues. Secondary alveolar bone grafting (SABG) reconstructs the bone defect in the cleft ...

Surgery to repair cleft lip and/or palate is performed to restore form and function in children with these common congenital malformations. In a previous study, Dr. Steinbacher's group reported ...

A surgical reintervention was performed to implant a 3D-printed TPU film to close its secondary cleft palate. The hard palate is formed by the palatine processes of the incisor bones, jaw, and ...

The president and chief executive officer of Smile Train, a non-governmental organisation that offers free cleft lip and palate surgeries, Dr Susannah Schaefer, said in Africa alone, the 149 250 ...

A total of 252 infants exposed to tetracycline during the first trimester received a diagnosis of any MCM, compared with ...

One of the most recognizable relics from ancient Egypt is the iconic blue and gold death mask of King Tutankhamun. For years, ...

HYDERABAD: The medical field has advanced leaps and bounds in the last few decades. Our school textbooks are now rife with ...

A team of researchers from the University of York have said new overlooked details suggest the mask could have belonged to one of Egypt's most iconic figures.