 Cleft Lip
"Cleft Lip" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Congenital defect in the upper lip where the maxillary prominence fails to merge with the merged medial nasal prominences. It is thought to be caused by faulty migration of the mesoderm in the head region.
| Descriptor ID |
D002971
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.409.225 C07.465.525.164 C07.650.525.164 C16.131.850.525.164
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| Concept/Terms |
Cleft Lip- Cleft Lip
- Cleft Lips
- Lip, Cleft
- Lips, Cleft
- Harelip
- Harelips
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2020 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cleft Lip" by people in Profiles.
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Mossey PA, Owens WR, Mohan VC, Shick EA, Dominguez M. Advances in the Prevention of Dental Caries in Orofacial Clefts. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2025 Oct 01; 156(4S-2):41S-49S.
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Hernández-García A, Kim BJ, Chitayat D, Shannon P, Hedges S, Al Bandari M, Guillen Sacoto MJ, Bates EA, Ozekin YH, Faundes V, Luna PN, Shaw CA, Rasmussen TL, Hsu CW, Scott DA. WNT4 deficiency impacts heart, diaphragm, and palate development: Insights from human genetics, machine learning, and mouse models. Dev Biol. 2026 Jan; 529:66-80.
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Kahan RH, Palmer SK, Garoosi K, Gomez DA, Khechoyan DY, French B, Lowe K, Nguyen PD. Alveolar Bone Grafting: Outcomes Utilizing Synthetic HA/TCP and rhBMP-2 versus Autologous Graft Types. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2026 Jan 01; 157(1):129-138.
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Lee AD, Murphy M, Tin G, Alder C, Chaij J, Porras A, Yu J, French B, Lowe K, Nguyen PD, Mathes D, Khechoyan D. Trends of Staged Versus Single-Stage Operations for Bilateral Cleft Lip Repair: Analysis of a National Database. J Craniofac Surg. 2025 Jun 01; 36(4):1246-1248.
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Fairmont I, Tholen K, Hanson R, Patterson B, Herrmann B, Francom C. The presence of a submucous cleft palate in patients with isolated cleft lip and middle ear dysfunction. Am J Otolaryngol. 2024 Jul-Aug; 45(4):104281.
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Lowe KM, Schuster L, Oberoi S, Zinn IM. Orthodontic management of patients with cleft lip and palate: Phase I treatment. J Clin Orthod. 2024 Apr; 58(4):243-248.
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Shull LC, Artinger KB. Epigenetic regulation of craniofacial development and disease. Birth Defects Res. 2024 Jan; 116(1):e2271.
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Mundra LS, Lowe KM, Khechoyan DY. Alveolar Bone Graft Timing in Patients With Cleft Lip & Palate. J Craniofac Surg. 2022 Jan-Feb 01; 33(1):206-210.
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Jazayeri HE, Lopez J, Pourtaheri N, Lee KC, Peck CJ, Best DL, Yu JW, Gosain AK, Peacock ZS, Edwards SP, Steinbacher DM. Clinical Practice Trends and Postoperative Outcomes in Primary Cleft Rhinoplasty. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2022 08; 59(8):1079-1085.
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Figueroa L, Garces A, Hambidge KM, McClure EM, Moore J, Goldenberg R, Krebs NF. Prevalence of clinically-evident congenital anomalies in the Western highlands of Guatemala. Reprod Health. 2020 Nov 30; 17(Suppl 2):153.
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