Usually a cleft lip or palate child is operated at 3 months of age, when he has attained weight of at least 6 kg’s, with a hemoglobin of @ 10 gm%.

The cleft lip in palate is repaired at the age of 13 – 14 months before the child starts speaking.

Once the child is older he may require bone grafting for the alveolus at 8 – 10 years of age and a nose correction at 18-20 years of age.

Children with cleft lip palate may have to undergo speech therapy sometimes to help them attain normal speech.