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Acta stomatologica Croatica : International journal of oral sciences and dental medicine, Vol. 36 No. 1, 2002.

Preliminary communication

Distraction Osteogenesis

Albert Thur
Marijo Bagatin

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Abstract

Distraction osteogenesis is increasingly used for bone lengthening of facial skeleton. Distractors may be intraoral and extraoral. The authors present development of distractors and their use for treatment of facial bones. Procedure may be used for treatment of malformations, syndroms, posttraumatic bone defects and deformities. The advantage of a distractor are a simple and fast procedure, short period of hospitalization, procedure does not require bone grafts and enables simultaneous bone lengthening and lengthening of soft tissues.

Keywords

distraction osteogenesis; development; technique

Hrčak ID:

3042

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/3042

Publication date:

15.3.2002.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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