In these cases, affected children often require multiple physiologically ... Molecular lessons gleaned from studies in cleft palate, cranial suture biology, and DO can be similarly applied to ...

Children with sickle cell disease (SCD) have distinctive physical anomalies, such as underdeveloped palatal rugae patterns, compared with otherwise healthy children, according to a study published ...

Shivam Mehta is leading the field of orthodontics for children and late adolescents ... is useful for growing patients when the mid-palatal suture is not completely fused.

Before Daniel Truglio was born, an ultrasound showed Daniel had a cleft lip and a cleft palate. That's when Dr. Albert Oh at Children's National Medical Center started planning Daniel's surgery.

Fused sutures are joints in the bone plates ... “but we hope it can at least help satisfy the needs of children with craniofacial and cleft palate issues. We have seen others make great and ...