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Cross Arch stabilization for Adult Cleft Palate patient?

Last Updated: Aug 22, 2018

I have a 72 year old male patient with a failing full arch fixed partial denture as a result of extensive caries of natural tooth abutments. His cleft palate was repaired many years ago, but the right and left sides of his maxilla are not united and there is soft tissue closure. Patient was edentulated and six implants placed with a treatment plan for a maxillary bar overdenture. The question is whether or not to connect the right and left sides of the maxilla rigidly with a full arch bar or have two separate bars? Another option might be to have separate conical abutments (Atlantis Conus-Dentsply) and have a metallic “bar” incorporated into the denture that would provide cross arch stabilization. Any literature out there that examines this question? The opposing dentition is a full arch fixed partial denture on natural teeth.



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4 Comments on Cross Arch stabilization for Adult Cleft Palate patient?

Dale Gerke - BDS, BScDent

08/22/2018

I am not sure there is a right or wrong answer in this case. I feel you have to plan the treatment to the best of your ability and taking all factors into consideration. Then get patient acceptance and proceed. I think you have carried out the surgery well, and have conceived a satisfactory treatment plan. Your final consideration is whether to proceed with effectively a “fixed-fixed” bridge across the bony defect or treat with essentially a “fixed-free” plan. I feel that how you finalise the treatment from here will need to be results based. I doubt there is much evidence as to what is right or wrong because it depends on the individual circumstance. In your patient’s case, could I suggest that you aim to do a single bar over denture and see what happens. I suspect it will be very stable and most satisfactory. However if there are problems, you could modify the bar (ie section it) and still use the same denture (probably without any modification). Therefore, in your case, I think you could proceed with one treatment plan in mind but if required, change the plan by make a relatively minor adjustment but still using the same componentry.

Ed

08/22/2018

You can stabilize across the arch, as long as the implants stable , I wouldn’t do the same in the mandible. No flexture in the maxilla happens only in the mandible

Prostho

08/23/2018

absolutely right!

Raul R Mena

08/22/2018

If possible I would place an other implant in the right maxillary canine position. Once it integrates I would do a Fixed Full Arch Porcelain to Metal Bridge and have it cemented to the Abutments.

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