title: Surgical and prosthetic rehabilitation of edentulous adult cleft palate patients by dental implants.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Ankara, Faculty of Dentistry, Ankara, Turkey. oguven@dentistry.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Orhan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Güven
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gürbüz
authors.forename: Evre
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baltali
authors.forename: Burak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatipoğlu
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D015921:Dental Implants