Alcohol is now increasingly penetrated into the social lives in all countries. Beverages containing alcohol more often presented in a dinner banquet, or when hanging out with friends on weekends. There are just a drink, but not a few who make a habit of drinking alcohol.

Women who frequently drink alcohol excessively, even to get drunk early in pregnancy increases the risk for having a baby with an oral cleft or gap in the oral cavity. This fact was revealed by researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, United States.

Oral cleft is most common is cleft lip (commonly known as cleft lip) and cracks the ceiling. Cleft lip is a condition that causes the upper lip gap between mouth and nose, so that seemed like a separate lips. Cleft palate occurs when the palate is not fully united during fetal growth in the womb. The severity of the condition of cleft palate varies, ranging from the separation occurs only at the back of the soft palate, almost the entire palate open.

Scientists from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences conducts research on the population in Norway, which is one of the population with cleft palate incidence highest in Europe. The study involved all babies born with defects gap during the period of 5 years. Research subjects amounted to 573 mothers who gave birth to babies with cleft loops with or without cleft palate, and the mothers randomly selected from all over the country. The mothers filled out questionnaires that focused on lifestyle and environment in the mother during pregnancy 3. In the period that was going development of the fetal face.

From the study revealed that women who drink alcohol drunk by an average of 5 cups to drink during the first trimester are in greater risk for having a baby with oral cleft compared with women who are not drinkers. More and more, and often mothers consume alcohol, the risk is greater.

Cleft lip and cleft palate is not only disturb the appearance of the face can reduce confidence in the child's grown up, but also cause the baby to suck milk is difficult because the movement involves sucking the lip movements. Cleft palate also causes the child is difficult to talk because the pronunciation of the letters requires cooperation between all parts of the oral cavity such as the lips, palate, teeth and tongue.