Conditions in Children We Treat With Our Cleft and Craniofacial Program

Pediatric Conditions We Treat 

• Cleft lip and palate

Our comprehensive approach ensures children of all ages get individualized care and longterm follow-up care. We also provide consultations through our when babies are diagnosed with cleft lip or palate within the womb via sonogram.

• Skull anomalies and asymmetries

We evaluate and treat all types of abnormal head shapes and provide a full range of surgical and nonsurgical treatment options.

• Craniosynostosis

Plastic surgeons, neurosurgeons, and geneticists use the latest techniques and minimally invasive surgeries to treat patients with fused skull sutures.

• Ear deformities/microtia

We offer reconstructive surgery options for the full range of potential ear deformities, from protruding ears to partial or complete absence of ears. Our team also provides molding shortly after birth and surgical solutions later in life.

• Facial asymmetries/ underdevelopment and hemifacial microsomia

We treat all types of facial asymmetry and perform bony and soft tissue surgery to gain symmetry, including fat transfer and microsurgery.

• Malocclusions/jaw anomalies

We work with your child’s orthodontist to perform jaw surgery to correct overbite, underbite, small chin, and gummy smile.

• Pierre Robin sequence

Our collaborative approach includes pediatricians, otolaryngologists, and plastic surgeons. The patient’s care plan is developed after evaluation of the airway and other systems. Surgical treatment, such as jaw distraction, is sometimes part of the care plan.

• Traumatic deformities of the faceand skull

Dental craniofacial surgical expertise to treat facial and head injuries. From jaw surgery to augmentation with facial implants or fat.

• Syndromes

Craniofacial syndromes such as Apert’s, Crouzon’s, Goldenhar’s, and Treacher-Collins.

• Tumors of the craniomaxillofacial skeleton

From oral and jaw pathology to skull and cranial base tumors.

• Vascular anomalies

All types of vascular anomalies from hemangiomas to vascular malformations through medical, interventional, and surgical therapies.

• Velopharyngeal insufficiency/ Speech disorders

Patients with cleft palate often experience speech and nasal problems. We offer surgical solutions for these conditions in coordination with a team of speech therapists, otolaryngologists, dental specialists, and plastic surgeons.