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Summary
Craniofacial is a medical term that relates to the bones of the skull and face. Craniofacial abnormalities are birth defects of the face or head. Some, like cleft lip and palate, are among the most common of all birth defects. Others are very rare. Most of them affect how a person's face or head looks. These conditions may also affect other parts of the body.
Treatment depends on the type of problem. Plastic and reconstructive surgery may help the person's appearance.
Treatments and Therapies
- Craniofacial reconstruction - slideshow Also in Spanish
- Understanding Cleft and Craniofacial Team Care (Cleft Palate Foundation) Also in Spanish
Related Issues
- Baby's Head Shape: What's Normal? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Empowering Children to Cope with Teasing (Children's Craniofacial Association) - PDF
Specifics
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Coffin Lowry Syndrome
(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Craniosynostosis (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Craniosynostosis (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Guide to Understanding Apert Syndrome (Children's Craniofacial Association) - PDF
- Guide to Understanding Fibrous Dysplasia (Children's Craniofacial Association) - PDF
- Guide to Understanding Hemifacial Microsomia (Children's Craniofacial Association) - PDF
- Guide to Understanding Microtia (Children's Craniofacial Association) - PDF
- Guide to Understanding Pfeiffer Syndrome (Children's Craniofacial Association) - PDF
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Holoprosencephaly (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Learning about Holoprosencephaly (HPE) (National Human Genome Research Institute)
- Noonan Syndrome (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Positional Plagiocephaly (Flattened Head) (Nemours Foundation)
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Sotos Syndrome (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Treacher Collins Syndrome (Cleft Palate Foundation)
Genetics
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Genetics Home Reference: 3MC syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Apert syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Baller-Gerold syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Beare-Stevenson cutis gyrata syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Bowen-Conradi syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: branchio-oculo-facial syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Burn-McKeown syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Carpenter syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: cherubism (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: cleidocranial dysplasia (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Coffin-Lowry syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Cohen syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: craniofacial microsomia (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: craniofacial-deafness-hand syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: craniometaphyseal dysplasia (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Crouzon syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Crouzonodermoskeletal syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: enlarged parietal foramina (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: frontonasal dysplasia (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Fryns syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: isolated Pierre Robin sequence (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Jackson-Weiss syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: mandibulofacial dysostosis with microcephaly (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Miller syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Muenke syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Nager syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Noonan syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: oral-facial-digital syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: osteoglophonic dysplasia (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Pfeiffer syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Potocki-Shaffer syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Robinow syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Saethre-Chotzen syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Sotos syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: thanatophoric dysplasia (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Treacher Collins syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Weaver syndrome (National Library of Medicine)
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Craniofacial Abnormalities (National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Craniosynostoses (National Institutes of Health)
Journal ArticlesReferences and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
Reference Desk
- CCA Newsletters (Children's Craniofacial Association) - PDF
Patient Handouts
- Apert syndrome Also in Spanish
- Cleidocranial dysostosis Also in Spanish
- Craniosynostosis Also in Spanish
- Craniosynostosis repair Also in Spanish
- Head and face reconstruction Also in Spanish
- Pierre Robin syndrome Also in Spanish
