Early secondary osteoplastic closure of the residual alveolar cleft in combination with orthodontic treatment.
In 84 early secondary bone graftings, rib and chin transplants were used. While good overall results are obtained, comparison of the two types of graft show that the cases with bone from the chin clearly do better.
Freihofer
H P
HP
Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Kuijpers-Jagtman
A M
AM
D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002648:Child; D002680:Chin; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013516:Oral Surgical Procedures, Preprosthetic; D012272:Ribs; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques