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ArticleThe Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association2024

Comparison of Alveolar Bone Grafting Outcomes using CBCT in Individuals with UCLP Based on the Presurgical Orthodontic Treatment Methods.

Jaemin Ko, Samantha Rustia, Lateefa Alkharafi, Rumpa Ganguly, Stephen L-K Yen, Snehlata Oberoi

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Article in The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Alveolar Bone Quality in Individuals With Cleft Lip and Palate With Missing Lateral Incisors: Orthodontic Space Closure Versus Space Opening.The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jaemin KoCraniofacial and Special Care Orthodontics, Division of Dentistry, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1481-9143
Samantha RustiaSchool of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Lateefa AlkharafiProgram in Craniofacial Biology and Division of Craniofacial Anomalies, Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0956-7965
Rumpa GangulyOral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Stephen L-K YenCraniofacial and Special Care Orthodontics, Division of Dentistry, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Snehlata OberoiProgram in Craniofacial Biology and Division of Craniofacial Anomalies, Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1894-3624
University of California, San Francisco · USChildren's Hospital of Los Angeles · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe purpose is to evaluate outcomes of alveolar bone grafting based on the pre-grafting orthodontic preparation methods.

designRetrospective analysis of individuals with unilateral cleft lip and palate. SUBJECTS AND SETTINGS: 28 individuals with non-syndromic UCLP from two craniofacial centers, 14 individuals each from XXXX and XXXX.

interventionsThe alignment group underwent maxillary expansion with incisors alignment while the non-alignment group underwent only maxillary expansion for presurgical orthodontic preparation.

methodsInitial and post-surgical CBCT scans were compared to observe changes in angulation of the incisor adjacent to the cleft site, alveolar bony root coverage, and bone graft outcomes.

resultsIn the alignment group, the buccolingual rotation decreased by 32.35 degrees (

conclusionsAlveolar bony coverage on the tooth adjacent to cleft sites did not change with alveolar bone grafting surgery in either of the alignment and non-alignment group. Presurgical orthodontic alignment does not induce root exposure nor poorer bone grafting outcome.

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Alveolar Bone GraftingCleft LipCleft PalateSpiral Cone-Beam Computed TomographyHumansRetrospective Studiesbone graftingbone regenerationcomputerized tomographyorthodonticstooth movement

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PMID36748327
PMCPMC10981178
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