title: Dental implants to rehabilitate a patient with an unrepaired complete cleft of the hard and soft palate: a clinical report.
abstract: Prosthetic rehabilitation of an edentulous adult with a complete residual cleft of his palates is presented. Lack of retention of his prosthesis made speech and eating difficult. Four osseointegrated dental implants were used to join the right and left maxillae and to provide mechanical retention for a complete overdenture obturator to improve function.
authors: Department of Continuing Education, University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, PA.
authors: J W
authors: JW
authors: Harrison
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D017268:Dental Prosthesis Retention / Q000379:methods*; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010158:Palatal Obturators; D010160:Palate, Soft / Q000002:abnormalities
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants