Alveolar Bone Grafting
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Alveolar bone grafting plays a crucial role in cleft reconstruction. When neonatal presurgical orthodontia is successful in aligning the cleft segments, alveolar reconstruction can be initiated as a gingivoperiosteoplasty during primary cleft lip repair. In children with cleft palate, alveolar bone grafting is usually done after transverse maxillary expansion with a palatal expander. Exact timing of bone grafting is controversial; most centers initiate orthodontic evaluation/expansion between ages 7 and 8 years (beginning of mixed dentition) with an aim to bone graft before age 10 in order to allow osteogenic incorporation prior to eruption of the permanent canine teeth.
1997 ◽
Vol 34
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pp. 455-458
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2002 ◽
Vol 39
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pp. 317-321
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1997 ◽
Vol 34
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pp. 455-458
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2014 ◽
Vol 73
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pp. S126-S129
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2019 ◽
Vol 45
(5)
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pp. 241
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2012 ◽
Vol 114
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pp. e25-e30
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