Alveolar cleft osteoplasty using tissue-engineered osteogenic material

Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006 Jun;35(6):551-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2005.12.007. Epub 2006 Apr 11.

Abstract

The use of tissue-engineered osteogenic material comprising platelet-rich plasma and autologous mesenchymal stem cells isolated, expanded and induced to osteogenic potential in bone augmentation procedures as a replacement for autologous bone grafts, offers predictable results with minimal donor-site morbidity. This material was applied for an alveolar cleft osteoplasty of a 9-year-old female patient. Serial computed tomograms showed the regenerated bone extending from the cleft walls after 3 months and bridging the cleft after 6 months, with 79.1% of the grafted region after 9 months at the time when the canine and lateral incisor in the affected side erupted in the reconstructed alveolar ridge.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alveolar Process / abnormalities*
  • Alveoloplasty / methods*
  • Bone Regeneration / physiology
  • Bone Transplantation / methods*
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Maxilla / abnormalities*
  • Maxilla / surgery
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation / methods
  • Osteogenesis / physiology
  • Platelet Transfusion
  • Tissue Engineering / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed