Tag Archives: osteogenesis
Distraction Osteogenesis (Two Case Reports)
June 2001
Thirty years of surgery on the facial bones has demonstrated that bones of the face can be acutely moved significant distances and grafted to produce predictable results. Ten years of distraction osteogenesis (DO) surgery has showed that surgeons can produce equally dramatic results with simple osteotomies followed by slow distraction of the bone segments.
Orthodontic Mandibular Widening by Distraction Osteogenesis
December 1998
Transverse mandibular deficiency with crowding of the mandibular anterior teeth is frequently manifested in patients with malocclusions. It is usually managed by orthopedic devices, extractions, interproximal reduction of tooth mass, and dental compensations (protruding incisors to increase arch length).
