Grafting of Alveolar Cleft Defects in Preparation for Endosseous Dental Implant Placement and Orthodontic Tooth Movement

Prosthodontic rehabilitation of patients with edentulous sites secondary to cleft palate has shown a paradigm shift towards implant placement in skeletally mature patients. Patients with residual alveolar cleft defects after secondary grafting at the optimal age of 8-11 years old have presented with persistent defects precluding implant placement. The purpose of this article is to revisit an approach to augmentation bone grafting of the residual maxillary alveolar cleft defect in preparation for endosseous dental implant placement.

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