BACKGROUND The bone graft for the alveolar cleft has been accepted as one of the essential treatments for cleft lip patients. Precise preoperative measurement of the architecture and size of the bone defect in alveolar cleft has been considered helpful for increasing the success rate of bone grafting because those features may vary with the cleft type. Recently, some studies have reported on th...

OBJECTIVE To review the outcome of secondary alveolar bone grafting in unilateral and bilateral cleft lip and palate. DESIGN A surgeon's experience, by retrospective chart review, of 70 consecutive patients at a tertiary care centre. OUTCOME MEASURE Periapical radiographs were taken at least six months after secondary alveolar bone grafting. The Enemark grading system was used to stratify g...

This paper presents the treatment protocol of maxillofacial surgery in the rehabilitation process of cleft lip and palate patients adopted at HRAC-USP. Maxillofacial surgeons are responsible for the accomplishment of two main procedures, alveolar bone graft surgery and orthognathic surgery. The primary objective of alveolar bone graft is to provide bone tissue for the cleft site and then allow ...

PURPOSE Autogenous bones are frequently used because of their lack of antigenicity, but good osteoconductive and osteoinductive properties. This study evaluated the biological behavior of perforated and nonperforated cortical block bone grafts. METHODS Ten nonsmoking patients who required treatment due to severe resorption of the alveolar process and subsequent implant installation were inclu...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to estimate the volumetric change of augmented autobone harvested from mandibular body cortical bone, using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and three-dimensional reconstruction. In addition, the clinical success of dental implants placed 4 to 6 months after bone grafting was also evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ninety-five patients (48 men and 47...

STATEMENT OF PROBLEM No study provides human histologic evidence regarding the use of resorbable collagen membrane for a 2-stage localized alveolar augmentation procedure. PURPOSE The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the potential of use of a resorbable collagen membrane in conjunction with an autogenous bone graft and inorganic bovine mineral (IBM) for labial/buccal alveolar ridge...

Guided bone regeneration, a dental surgical procedure, is used to promote growth of the alveolar hard tissue for defect with help membranes and other barrier techniques. The membrane fixation technique plays significant role in success graft. Several methods have been proposed fixation, such as use holding suture tag pin. However, there are certain disadvantages procedures cumbersome often seco...

Introduction: Alveolar distraction osteogenesis (ADO) is one of vertical bone augmentation technique used to restore the discrepancy between transplanted graft and residual alveolar after mandibular reconstruction. The aim this article present clinical outcomes ADO applied reconstructed mandible for three patients. Observation: Three patients underwent procedure on mandibula by fibula free flap...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical application of endosseous implants for management of grafted alveolar cleft. Four patients (1 male and 3 female; mean age 26.6 years; age ranging from 21.5 to 30.4 years at first implant surgery) with unilateral cleft lip and palate were evaluated. All patients received autogenous particulate cancellous bone and marrow graft (PCBM) to close...

The outcome of alveolar bone grafting in adult patients is sparsely reported. Here, we present a description of the surgical techniques used in a Nigerian teaching hospital and a preliminary report of the first five cases of adult alveolar cleft bone grafting accomplished with or without repositioning the premaxilla. Although, evidence of bone resorption was observed within 6 months after the o...