title: Using dental implants in the prosthetic rehabilitation of patients with cleft defect type II.
abstract: A dental implant may be used in prosthetic tooth reconstruction in cleft patients. There are three main indications for this approach: substitution of a missing single tooth, an abutment for the framework, and an abutment for a fixed dental prosthesis (we designate these as defect types I, II, and III). A clinical report about prosthetic rehabilitation using dental implants instead of a fixed or removable partial prosthesis is presented. A patient with a unilateral cleft defect was treated at the University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic. Together with a missing lateral incisor, the defect was associated with agenesis of the two upper canines and three second premolars. The treatment was completed by prosthetic dental reconstruction using the framework with a dental implant as an abutment. This approach allowed minimizing the preparation of adjacent teeth to a single tooth functioning as the second abutment. If classical fixed prosthodontics had been performed, the preparation would have involved a larger group of intact teeth with the risk of their viability loss. The procedure had no complications. The outcome was of high quality and brought satisfaction to the patient.
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sedlackova
authors.forename: Marketa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duskova
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Strnadel
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kotova
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haas
mesh_terms: D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003758:Dental Implantation, Endosseous / Q000379:methods*; D015921:Dental Implants; D003761:Dental Impression Technique; D019094:Dental Prosthesis, Implant-Supported; D003830:Denture, Partial, Fixed; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013812:Therapeutics
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants