Cleft lip is a congenital disease of the problem of the lip. Cleft lip occurs during the first 4-7 weeks while the baby continiues to develop in the mother’s womb. If this deformity continiues till 8-12 weeks, the baby may experience cleft palate.
The baby may experience both of them at the same time or only one.
It is a congenital anomaly seen in one of every 1.000 births.