Dental implant treatment for a patient with bilateral cleft lip and palate.

Dental reconstruction in the cleft space is diffi cult in some patients with cleft lip and palate because of oronasal fi stulas. Most of these patients receive a particle cancellous bone marrow (PCBM graft to close the alveolar cleft and secondary bone grafting is also required. Treatment options for the alveolar cleft including fi xed or removable prostheses require the preparation of healthy teeth and are associated with functional or social diffi culties. Recently the eff ectiveness of dental implant treatment for cleft lip and palate patients has been reported. However there have been few reports on the use of this treatment in bilateral cleft lip and palate patients. We report the case of a patient who had bilateral cleft lip and palate and was missing both lateral incisors. She received dental implant treat‑ ment after a PCBM graft and ramus bone onlay grafting (RBOG. A 34‑month postoperative course was uneventful.