title: Prosthetic rehabilitation of a patient with a unilateral cleft palate: a clinical report.
abstract: Cleft palate is a congenital disorder characterized by maxillary growth defect and dental anomalies. Its correction requires an interdisciplinary approach, which includes surgical, orthodontic, and prosthetic treatments. This clinical report describes the prosthetic management of a 19-year-old woman with a unilateral cleft palate defect that had not been closed completely with surgical repair. The deficient maxillary residual anterior ridge was restored with a tooth-supported overdenture that improved her facial appearance, speech, and masticatory functions.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Prosthetics, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: mcbalkaya@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mehmet Cudi
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Balkaya
authors.affiliation: Doctoral student, Department of Prosthetics, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sultan
authors.affiliation: Doctoral student, Department of Prosthetics, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Seda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.affiliation: Doctoral student, Department of Prosthetics, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mutlu
mesh_terms: D000848:Anodontia / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000002:abnormalities; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D002858:Chromium Alloys / Q000737:chemistry; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D003442:Crowns; D003481:Cuspid / Q000002:abnormalities; D003764:Dental Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003779:Denture Design; D003828:Denture, Overlay; D003829:Denture, Partial; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006047:Gold Alloys; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009668:Nose Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D016155:Oral Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D016156:Respiratory Tract Fistula / Q000601:surgery; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult; D015040:Zirconium / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D002858:Chromium Alloys; D003764:Dental Materials; D006047:Gold Alloys; D015040:Zirconium; C028541:zirconium oxide