The nasal bones form the roof, while the frontal process of the maxilla and lacrimal bone form the sides of the nose. Together these structures play a role in the following functions: The nasal bones ...

The vomer can be damaged due to nasal fracture or injury to the nose. It can also be impacted by other conditions, including deviated septum (an irregular shape of the nasal septum), cleft palate, and ...

She had heard about a cleft lip and palate camp offering surgery free of charge by a Canadian medical team called Operation Rainbow Canada. But the help she needed wasn’t for her child.

A study of cleft palate in horses shows that while it leads to euthanasia in half of affected horses, the condition is, thankfully, extremely rare. Older animals with cleft palates may have persistent ...

The resulting MXene films show excellent performance in guiding bone regeneration and in other applications.

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 ...

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 ...