In order to achieve a functional and, from an aesthetic point of view, optimal treatment result, various things have to be taken into account in cleft patients: comprehensive interdisciplinary cooperation, favourable tooth positions and intermaxillary relationships, and appropriate peri-implant soft tissue management. Nevertheless, difficult conditions, e.g., narrow interdental gaps, often persist despite extensive pretreatment over many years from a preimplantological point of view. The present case report shows a patient with a left-sided cleft. At the age of 21, the patient could be treated implantologically with a single-tooth implant in region 22. The success prognosis of implants in the cleft jaw region is comparable to implants placed after trauma. Sufficient bone supply is absolutely essential for this.
Keywords: cleft, implant
