Surgical and prosthetic rehabilitation of edentulous adult cleft palate patients by dental implants.
Adult patients who did not receive proper treatment for cleft palate are challenging for clinicians in terms of prosthetic rehabilitation. Moreover, during the late stages of adulthood when patients become edentulous, prosthetic reconstruction becomes even more challenging. This clinical report describes the prosthetic rehabilitation of 2 edentulous geriatric patients with unrepaired cleft palate by placement of dental implants after closure of the oronasal communications.
Güven
Orhan
O
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Ankara, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey. oguven@dentistry.ankara.edu.tr
Gürbüz
Ayhan
A
Baltali
Evre
E
Yilmaz
Burak
B
Hatipoğlu
Murat
M
D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D015921:Dental Implants; D003824:Denture, Complete; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D006801:Humans; D007575:Jaw, Edentulous / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D015921:Dental Implants