Open AccessSecondary alveolar bone grafting: Radiographic and clinical evaluation
Author(s) -
Saurabh Sharma,
JK Dayashankara Rao,
Kaberi Majumder,
Harsha Jain
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0746.95316
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , dental alveolus , radiography , iliac crest , bone grafting , maxilla , alveolar process , alveolar crest , iliac bone , surgery
Secondary bone grafting of maxilla and residual alveolar clefts at the stage of transitional dentition was first introduced by Boyne and Sands. The aim of this prospective case control study was to clinically and radiologically evaluate the success rate of anterior iliac crest graft in primary alveolar cleft.