Attitudes of pregnant women and mothers of children with orofacial clefts toward prenatal diagnosis of nonsyndromic orofacial clefts in a semiurban set-up in India.

Objectives: To assess the attitudes of pregnant women and mothers of children with orofacial clefts toward prenatal diagnosis of clefts and elective termination of pregnancy, and to investigate their opinion about who makes reproductive decisions in the family.

Design: Two hundred subjects were included in the study prospectively regarding hypothetical prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of clefts.

Setting: The study was done in a private tertiary care institution and a teaching hospital.

Use of implant retained splint for vestibuloplasty: alternative to conventional technique.

It is generally agreed that firmly attached keratinized mucosa surrounding the implant and abutment is thought to provide additional protection against mechanical trauma. Inflammation of soft tissue can result in peri-implantitis [1] with marginal bone loss or hyperplasia of surrounding mucosa. The purpose of this article is to describe our experience in using the two dental implants placed in the canine region in completely edentulous mandible and implant retained denture as a stent for vestibuloplasty.