About 75% of cleft lip and palate patients have a bony defect in the gum of the mouth (alveolar cleft). If not repaired it gives rise to many problems. While bone grafting is widely accepted by professionals in cleft care, there is still controversy around the technique, timing, site from which bone is taken and [read the full story…]
This new Cochrane review compares methods of fixing tubes on back (molar) teeth to allow the wires need to move the teeth pass through them. These can be welded to bands cemented to teeth or glued (bonded) directly to the teeth. They only found two well designed trials which suggest that bonded molar tubes are [read the full story…]
