Secondary alveolar bone grafting

Cleft alveolus is the discontinuity in the alveolar arch. The alveolar arch is the part of bone where the teeth reside. Discontinuity causes no eruption and crowding of teeth, speech problems etc. This defect in the alveolus can also cause nasal regurgitation of fluids. It is ideally treated around 8-9 years of age during the mixed dentition period of the child with bone graft.

The bone is taken from the hip bone, morcelized and packed into the defect. This bone has both osteoinductive and osteoconductive properties which means that it not only acts as a scaffold for the host bone to form but can also stimulate new bone formation that helps bridge such defects.

At Richardsons dental and craniofacial hospital we add PRF to this bone material which provides growth factors for bone deposition.

After six months of this procedure, healthy bone is found, the defect is closed and teeth realignment can begin.