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Background and Objective:The main goal of this study is to evaluate the preoperative and postoperative gait characteristics of the patients subjected to iliac crest augmentation performed to treat maxillary alveolar atrophy. Methods: Gait analysis was performed to the patients who underwent iliac crest augmentation on the Istanbul University Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, gait laboratory preoperatively and postoperatively at two, three and four weeks. Result and Conclusions: It was statistically significant that the gait characteristics are the same as with the preoperative period after 3 weeks. Healing of gait disturbances after iliac crest augmentation procedure can be maintained after three weeks.