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Cleft palate patients (CPP) are not often seen in general dental practice but their number is not negligible. This congenital anomaly is one of the most frequent ones ; one in every 800 births results in a cleft lip and/or palate, unilateral or bilateral. The aim of this study was to determine prosthetic appliances that are the most frequently used for successful prosthetic treatment of cleft palate patients (CPP). Cleft palate is one of the most frequent congenital anomalies ; one in every 800 births . In the study group of CPPs careful therapy was planned, which excluded implants usage, and prosthetic treatment with different conventional prosthetic constructions was performed. Data considering type of cleft, sex, age, type of prosthetic appliances used, and patient’s satisfaction with the therapy result were noted in questionnaire. Data analysis reviled most frequent type of cleft - bilateral, predominant sex - male, combined prosthetic work as predominant, and most frequently used fixed appliance was telescope crown, followed by with veneer crown with rests and coping. Results obtained in this investigation can serve as guidance for less experienced general dental practitioners to plan and perform adequate prosthetic treatment for CPP.

Kod pacijenata s keidokranijalnom disostozom zahvaćeni su i zubi i čeljust, a karakteristične su pojave prekobrojni zubi, zakašnjela resorpcija mliječnih zuba i erupcija trajnih te impaktirani zubi i možda folikularne ciste. Pacijent u dobi od 26 godina s dijagnozom keidokranijalne disostoze, protetski je bio rehabilitiran. Najprije su bile izrađene privremene pomične proteze sa zadaćom da se procijeni može li se prilagoditi novoodređenoj visini međučeljusnoga odnosa i kako bi se eventualno potaknulo izrastanje trajnih zuba. Naknadno su izrađene teleskopske krunice, korijenska kapica s kuglastim pričvrstkom tipa Dalla Bona i djelomične pomične proteze s metalnom bazom. To je omogućilo zadovoljavajuću funkciju i estetiku, a istodobno je riješen problem izgleda pacijentova lica, povezan s tom bolešću., Cleidocranial dysostosis (ccd) concerns both teeth and jaw and is characterized by supernumerary teeth, delayed resorption of deciduous teeth and delayed eruption of permanent teeth, tooth impaction and possible follicular cysts formation. A 26 years old patient with ccd received prosthetic treatment. Firstly, provisional removable prostheses were made for evaluation of the patient’s ability to adapt to the newly determined vertical dimension of occlusion and to stimulate the eruption of permanent teeth. Afterwards, telescopic crowns, coping with intraradicular retention and Dalla Bona type stud attachment, and metal-base partial dentures were designed resulting in satisfactory function and esthetics, also resolving the problems of appearance associated with this disease.