This may also affect the different parts of the face, like the ears, eyes, nose, cheeks and forehead. This disease can be successfully treated and cured with surgery. This occurs in a child in 800-1000 births.

Cleft palate is a state in which two plates of the skull which are the hard palate which is the roof of the mouth are not completely attached. In many of these cases, cleft lip is also present. Cleft palate occurs in 1 in about 700 births.

It may occur as complete which includes a gap in the jaw or incomplete can be a hole in the roof of the mouth. The incomplete is also known as Cleft soft palate. This occurs due to the failure of fusion of the palatine process. Cleft lip is created at the top of the lip as a small gap or as a huge or big gap which can be seen and identified easily. Some cleft also continues to grow into the nose, it is known as the complete cleft. In can be unilateral or bilateral. This occurs due to the non-fusion of the nasal process.

The gentle form of a cleft lip is known as microform cleft. A microform cleft may appear as a small little dent in the red part of the lip or it may look like a scar starting from the lip up to the nostril. In few cases muscle tissues of the lip is at the bottom of the scar and are affected and require reconstructive surgery. Now it is a normal checkup to have to the newborn babies if they are born with a microform cleft. It is good if it is treated as early or as the baby is born because after few years it is very difficult to do surgery and it also affects the quality of life.