Receive extensive training in surgical correction of dentofacial deformities, cleft lip and palate, maxillofacial trauma, and other surgery as it pertains to the specialty. In this highly competitive ...

Next, children will have surgery to repair the cleft ... those oral (mouth) sounds that we're looking for, and we will monitor children closely,” says Catrina. “After palate surgery, in ...

This graduate training program is a six-year joint program leading to a Doctor of Medicine/Master of Science in Oral Maxillofacial Surgery ... extensive training in surgical correction of dentofacial ...

Once the bite is positive, and you see an immediate change in the face, we consider the surgery to be a success. The child looks more like everyone else at school. Q: How many of these types of ...

Dr. Jones's primary research interests include the physiology of velopharyngeal function and velopharyngeal dysfunction and the production-perception of normal and disordered nasalization. These areas ...

He requested that Jessica Li, his fellow and clinical assistant professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery, accompany him to assist ... The baby was also born with a cleft palate, as is often the ...

said waiting for surgery is putting children on the "back foot before they've even started in life" The father of a baby born with a cleft lip and palate is worried his son may suffer with his ...

The birth of a child with a cleft lip or palate, or both, can be very upsetting, especially as not all families can afford the high treatment costs. Now, Swiss researchers have developed a low ...