title: Reconstruction of alveolar cleft with allogenous bone graft: Clinical considerations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Secondary bone grafting consists in a routine procedure on the treatment of patients with alveolar cleft. Usually, it is performed by the end of the mixed dentition, when the permanent canine is erupting, with autogenous cancellous bone from the iliac crest.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The present article discusses the alternative of autogenous bone grafting with allogeneic bone, obtained from human bone bank, illustrating the result with the report of a clinical case of left unilateral alveolar cleft.
authors.forename: Omar Gabriel
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: da Silva Filho
authors.forename: Terumi Okada
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: Cláudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bachega
authors.forename: Marco Aurélio
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Bachega
mesh_terms: D064591:Allografts / Q000637:transplantation*; D064728:Alveolar Bone Grafting / Q000379:methods*; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D003481:Cuspid / Q000502:physiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D014078:Tooth Eruption / Q000502:physiology
keywords: Bone transplant; Cleft palate; Orthodontics