title: A case report of multidisciplinary treatment of an adult patient with bilateral cleft lip and palate.
abstract: This is a case report about the successful orthodontic treatment of a bilateral cleft lip and palate patient by using a combination of bone grafting and subsequent prosthodontic rehabilitation. An adult patient with a bilateral cleft lip and palate presented with a concave profile, anterior and lateral crossbite, a markedly deep overbite, and residual bilateral alveolar clefts. His jaw movement patterns were unstable and irregular due to his collapsed bite. Orthodontic treatment with bilateral bone grafting improved his concave profile by downward and backward rotation of the mandible within the freeway space, and optimum occlusion and functionally stable and smooth jaw movements were obtained. After a 6-year retention period, no skeletal relapse could be detected, and his occlusal stability was satisfactory.
authors: Tomohiro
authors: T
authors: Fukunaga
authors: Tadashi
authors: T
authors: Honjo
authors: Yuichi
authors: Y
authors: Sakai
authors: Kiyo
authors: K
authors: Sasaki
authors: Teruko
authors: T
authors: Takano-Yamamoto
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Yamashiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000848:Anodontia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002508:Cephalometry; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003765:Models, Dental; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective / Q000379:methods*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures