What happens when you burn the roof of your mouth? “Pizza palate” is the term used to describe what happens when you burn the roof of your mouth. In most cases, these thermal burns are caused by hot ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Results from a Mayo Clinic laboratory study in animals suggest that using distraction osteogenesis, a procedure that uses the mechanical force of an appliance to lengthen soft ...

MIAMI - Flipping through a photo album documenting her early years, Fort Lauderdale resident Stephanie Heintz points out that what you can't see in the pictures is that she was born with a cleft ...

WHITE PLAINS, AUGUST 19, 2004 -- An international team of researchers has identified a gene variant that is a major contributor to oral clefts and triples the risk of recurrence in affected families, ...

PLAINFIELD, Ind. — July is National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness Month, which affects thousands of babies every year. For many families, the journey can be overwhelming and difficult. “His nose ...

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, we ...

When the roof of your mouth hurts, it’s easy to assume you might have scraped or burned it while eating. But it turns out there are other culprits unrelated to a minor oral injury. Whatever the cause, ...