A lifetime of Smiles: No Cleft Lip and Palate should be Left Unoperated

1 in every 700 babies are born with a cleft lip and/or palate worldwide. Orofacial clefts that are all together, either cleft lip alone or cleft lip along with cleft palate, are considered to be the most typical congenital anomalies of the head and neck at birth. The Cleft palate & lip is a congenital birth defect characterized by the partial or complete cleft of the lip or the palate. It is a relatively common craniofacial malformation that occurs between the 4th and the 12th week of intrauteri...