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- Title
Surgical Treatment of Mucogingival Alterations in Cleft Lip and Palate Patients: A Clinical Report.
- Authors
Fraga de Almeida, Ana Lúcia Pompéia; Esper, Luis Augusto; Fortes Kaizer, Rosane de Oliveira; Fernandes, Juliana da Silveira; Aguiar Greghi, Sebastião Luiz; de Barros Carrilho, Guilherme Paes
- Abstract
Cleft lip and palate patients usually feature a shallow vestibule with harmful fibre insertion and low gingival margin mobility, interfering with the marginal periodontal tissue health. The following case report describes a vestibuloplasty technique associated with a free gingival graft in an edentulous ridge and posterior root coverage of the adjacent tooth using a semilunar coronally positioned flap at the left superior canine at the cleft area with satisfactory results.
- Subjects
CLEFT lip; PALATE; PERIODONTAL disease; TISSUES; VESTIBULOPLASTY; SURGERY
- Publication
Periodontal Practice Today, 2006, Vol 3, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
1742-3279
- Publication type
Article