Block iliac bone grafting enhances osseous healing of alveolar reconstruction in older cleft patients: A radiological and histological evaluation

Background: Older alveolar cleft patients (>12 years old) often have wide bone defect as well as teeth loss, resulting in poor osseous healing with conventional alveolar bone grafting (ABG). In this study, we investigated a surgical technique of block iliac bone grafting for the alveolar cleft re...

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Main Authors: Du, Y. (Author), Jiang, H. (Author), Pan, Y. (Author), Tang, Y. (Author), Wan, L. (Author), Zhou, W. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Medicina Oral S.L. 2018
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age
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