Patients with a unilateral cleft lip are typically treated at 3 months of age and patients with a bilateral cleft lip are typically treated at 6 months of age. Many patients will use the presurgical time to undergo nasoalveolar molding (NAM). Molding improves the position of the dentoalveolus as well as the shape of the nose allowing more to be accomplished during the surgical procedure and it improves outcomes. Typically, NAM takes about 3 months for a patient with a unilateral cleft lip and about 6 months for a patient with a bilateral cleft lip to complete. Patients with a cleft of the palate are treated at about 12 months of age.