Reconstruction of alveolar cleft with allogenous bone graft: clinical considerations

INTRODUCTION: 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 arti...

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Main Authors: Omar Gabriel da Silva Filho, Terumi Okada Ozawa, Cláudia Bachega, Marco Aurélio Bachega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dental Press Editora 2013-12-01
Series:Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2176-94512013000600021&lng=en&tlng=en