title: [Clinical observation of the height of the alveolar after bone grafting in cleft alveolar repair in various ages.].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the changes of transplanted bones after cancellous iliac bone grafting in cleft alveolar repair in various ages.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patients were divided into A and B groups according to their canine eruption. The changes of alveolar height in grafting regions were examined by clinical follow up and radiographs after the cancellous iliac bone grafting in cleft alveolar repair.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The bone grafting before the eruption of canines was more effective than that after eruption. The orthodontics after operation can increase the alveolar height.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The alveolar height after the bone grafting in cleft alveolar repair increased with the eruption of canines.
authors.affiliation: Xuzhou Stomatological Hospital, Xuzhou 221003, Jiangsu Province, China. wpl0771@sina.com
authors.forename: Peng-lai
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian-lan
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Zhen-guo
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014945:Wound Healing