Most cleft lips are repaired at about four months, the soft palate at twelve months, and then nothing else happens in terms of orthodontics until about seven or eight years of age. They have to go ...

“If a cleft lip or palate does not show up on a scan ... In Manchester, we see children to give advice after their palate has been repaired between 6-12 months, then there is a further ...

A repaired cleft lip shows a whorled pattern. Image by MARY L. MARAZITA, CENTER FOR CRANIOFACIAL AND DENTAL GENETICS, UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH A noncleft lip reveals a vertical line pattern.