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Dental rehabilitation of a cleft lip and palate patient by implant‐supported overdenture: A case report

Our patient was a 27‐year‐old male with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Considering the mobility of bone segments around the cleft, an implant‐supported removable overdenture (obturator) was fabricated, which improved the function and esthetics and led to patient satisfaction. The treatment resul...

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Autores principales: Arshad, Mahnaz, Ameri, Narges, Heidari, Abdolreza, Shirani, Gholamreza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7562862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33088522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3032
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Sumario:Our patient was a 27‐year‐old male with a unilateral cleft lip and palate. Considering the mobility of bone segments around the cleft, an implant‐supported removable overdenture (obturator) was fabricated, which improved the function and esthetics and led to patient satisfaction. The treatment results are still satisfactory after 5 years of follow‐up.