Comprehensive Rehabilitation After Severe Maxillofacial Injury in a Cleft Patient

We present here a complex oral rehabilitation procedure for a 19-year-old male patient with an operated cleft lip and palate who suffered motorcycle accident injuries including facial lacerations, and a severe mandible fracture with loss of teeth, gingiva and alveolar bone. His initial skeletal and occlusal relationship made the emergent surgical management extremely difficult. Emergent soft tissue repair and open reduction surgery for the comminuted fracture at the mandible were performed during the intensive care period. A 2-year period of comprehensive procedures including surgical/orthodontic treatment, implant surgery and bone graft and prosthetic restoration for oral and maxillofacial rehabilitation to treat the severely compromised soft and hard tissue status, intermaxillary jaw discrepancy, and severe malocclusion, were sequentially performed. Satisfactory results were observed after a 5-year follow-up.