title: Guided bone regeneration to repair an alveolar bone defect in a girl whose cleft lip and palate had been repaired.
abstract: We report the case of a girl aged 10 years whose alveolar bony defect was closed with a polytetrafluoroethylene membrane, which was incorporated in bone after 4 months. We suggest that the principle of guided bone regeneration can be used to repair cleft defects provided that the mucoperiosteal flaps are handled carefully and that good anti-infective measures are taken to prevent early exposure and microbial contamination of the membrane barrier.
authors: Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. tenzan@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
authors: Toshitsugu
authors: T
authors: Kawata
authors: Miho
authors: M
authors: Yuki
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Miyamoto
authors: Tadashi
authors: T
authors: Fujita
authors: Masato
authors: M
authors: Kaku
authors: Shinya
authors: S
authors: Kohno
authors: Keisuke
authors: K
authors: Tsutsui
authors: Junji
authors: J
authors: Ohtani
authors: Kaoru
authors: K
authors: Tenjo
authors: Masahide
authors: M
authors: Motokawa
authors: Mao
authors: M
authors: Shigekawa
authors: Yuiko
authors: Y
authors: Tohma
authors: Hiroko
authors: H
authors: Kamada
authors: Kazuo
authors: K
authors: Tanne
mesh_terms: D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D000543:Alveoloplasty / Q000379:methods*; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene