Guided bone regeneration to repair an alveolar bone defect in a girl whose cleft lip and palate had been repaired.
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.
Kawata
Toshitsugu
T
Department of Orthodontics and Craniofacial Developmental Biology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan. tenzan@hiroshima-u.ac.jp
Yuki
Miho
M
Miyamoto
Yoshihiro
Y
Fujita
Tadashi
T
Kaku
Masato
M
Kohno
Shinya
S
Tsutsui
Keisuke
K
Ohtani
Junji
J
Tenjo
Kaoru
K
Motokawa
Masahide
M
Shigekawa
Mao
M
Tohma
Yuiko
Y
Kamada
Hiroko
H
Tanne
Kazuo
K
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
D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene