An interventional study of Alveolar Ridge Reconstruction in Alveolar Cleft Grafting and Alveolar Cleft Operated on an Alveolar Bone Graft, sponsored by Ministry of Health, Kuwait. Completed at 1 site in Kuwait. Open to participants aged 7 Years to 14 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-24.
Sponsored by Ministry of Health, Kuwait · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Iliac cancellous bone is considered the gold standard graft material for secondary ABG, which was applied as a block or granules, and difficult to be stabilized in the recipient site causing dislodgment of the graft which in turn leads to resorption and/or continuity between nasal and oral cavities. On the other hand, the cortico-cancellous block graft produces more mechanical strength and stability, but the cortical part is less vascular, and so establishment of nutritional supply to cortical cells is a slow process. Therefore, this graft generally resorbs and is replaced by invasion of bone cells originating from the recipient site. Khoury F. and Khoury CH. made a variation by splitting the solid cortical bone into two thinner shells, so more vascular chips can be packed and take the advantage of more and early revascularization of cancellous bone plus the advantage of cortical bone in terms of mechanical stability and restoring the labial plate. In this study, we evaluate the regenerated bone following alveolar cleft grafting using Khoury shell technique.
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This a single arm evaluative study in which an alveolar cleft grafting was done using Khoury shell technique from anterior iliac crest
Procedure: Alveolar Ridge Reconstruction
The cortical shell was secured in position labially by means of two micro-screws (1.5mm diameter), creating labial plate for the defect site. Sharp edges of the cortical shell were smoothened. A collagen membrane was applied beneath the palatal mucoperiosteum to cover and protect the graft from the dislodgment palatally and the growth of soft tissue. The created gap between the cortical shell and the collagen membrane was filled by the cancellous bone granules and the whole graft covered by the collagen membrane
Also known as: Alveolar cleft grafting using Khoury shell technique
CBCT
Time frame: 6 months
Continuity of labial plate and maxillary arch
Time frame: 6 months
Plan to share: No
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