Stabilization of an edentulous premaxilla for an alveolar bone graft: case report.
The patient with bilateral cleft lip and palate and an edentulous premaxilla poses several additional challenges to the surgeon and the orthodontist. The cleft segments are usually expanded and stabilized with tooth-supported orthodontic appliances prior to an alveolar bone graft. This report describes a technique for stabilizing an edentulous premaxilla using an orthodontic-surgical screw that is ligated to an orthodontic archwire.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
Paul
P
Bohman
Dennis Duke
DD
Yamashita
Seung-Hak
SH
Baek
Stephen L-K
SL
Yen
D000328:Adult; D000543:Alveoloplasty / Q000379:methods*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D009967:Orthodontic Appliances