Craniofacial Center Videos

Pre Surgery Orthopedic Molding for Craniofacial Conditions

This educational video will guide you through the process of pre-surgery orthopedic molding for babies born with a craniofacial condition such as a cleft palate.

Bottles for Feeding Babies with Cleft Palate

This educational video will help you learn how to properly use specialized bottles for feeding babies with a cleft palate. Through step-by-step demonstrations, the video shows how to correctly position the baby, control milk flow, and ensure a safe, comfortable feeding experience.

Born with a Cleft Series. What is cleft? What caused it? Video 2

If you may have or are expecting a child who has a cleft lip, cleft lip and palate, or cleft palate, you probably have many questions such as: What is a cleft? and what caused it? In this video, the craniofacial team at Nicklaus Children's Hospital answers these two questions. The Craniofacial Center is dedicated to providing complete care for children with cleft lips and palates, treating the whole patient in a multidisciplinary, patient centered approach.

Born with a Cleft Series. What is cleft? What caused it? Video 1

If you may have or are expecting a child who has a cleft lip, cleft lip and palate, or cleft palate, you probably have many questions such as: What is a cleft? and what caused it? In this video, the craniofacial team at Nicklaus Children's Hospital answers these two questions. The Craniofacial Center is dedicated to providing complete care for children with cleft lips and palates, treating the whole patient in a multidisciplinary, patient centered approach. 
 

The Craniofacial Center at Nicklaus Children's

Dr. Chad Perlyn is a pediatric plastic surgeon specializing in craniofacial surgery.

Tongue and Speech Issues in BWS

Pediatric surgeon, Dr. Chad Perly, and Speech-Language pathologist, Renee M. Linenfelser, talk about the speech and feeding issues experienced by children with BWS.

Tongue Reduction for BWS

Dr. Chad Perlyn, pediatric plastic surgeon, talks about the different types of tongue reduction operations for BWS.

Questions parents ask about children with BWS

Dr. Perlyn discusses "swollen" tongues and whether children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome will "grow into" their tongues.