< Treatment Timeline Having a bone graft is an often-expected part of treatment for cleft lip and palate patients. I had mine when I was nine. As I grew, the initial repair wasn’t enough and a small gap had been created where the roof of my mouth had been stitched together. Before I had my bone graft I wore a wire brace to prepare my teeth for the surgery which gave the surgeons more manoeuvrability. They took a tiny bit of bone from my hip and put it into the small gap in th