title: Rapid Maxillary Expansion After Alveolar Bone Grafting With rhBMP-2 in UCLP Evaluated by Means of CBCT.
abstract: To demonstrate the feasibility of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) after alveolar bone grafting (ABG) in complete unilateral cleft lip, alveolus and palate (UCLP) without damage to the grafted area.
  
  
  
  Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRAC), University of São Paulo, Department of Orthodontics.
  
  
  
  A case report of a 10-year-old boy with a complete UCLP who was treated with RME after secondary ABG procedure. RME was performed 1.3 years after the bone grafting with rhBMP-2 in collagen membrane.
  
  
  
  Postexpansion cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) axial and coronal sections demonstrated the opening of the midpalatal suture in the premaxilla without damages to the alveolar bone grafting region. Postretention CBCT images showed bone formation at the split midsuture of the premaxilla.
  
  
  
  Rapid maxillary expansion performed after ABG with rH-BMP2 led to complete opening of the premaxillary midline suture without compromising the integrity of the grafted alveolar cleft.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Garib
authors.forename: Felicia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Renata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sathler
authors.forename: Anne Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kuijpers-Jagtman
authors.forename: Carlos Alberto
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Aiello
mesh_terms: D064728:Alveolar Bone Grafting; D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2 / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010155:Palatal Expansion Technique; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D055396:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C499469:recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2
keywords: alveolar bone grafting; cleft lip; cleft palate; cone-beam computed tomography; palatal expansion technique