Distraction osteogenesis in a severe mandibular deficiency

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objective</p> <p>Distraction osteogenesis is an alternative treatment method for the correction of mandibular hypoplasia. In this case report, distraction with a multidirectional extraoral device was performed to gradually lengthen the corpus and ramu...

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Main Authors: Ozyigit Aykut H, Akin Erol, Sencimen Metin, Karacay Seniz, Ortakoglu Kerim, Bengi Osman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-01-01
Series:Head & Face Medicine
Online Access:http://www.head-face-med.com/content/3/1/7