The transpalatal distractor (TPD) allows for maxillary expansion according to the concepts of
distraction osteogenesis. Unlike tooth-borne, surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion …

Management of skeletal deformities in the maxillofacial region has been an important
challenge for medicine and dentistry throughout their evolution as health care sciences …

When teeth are replanted after being avulsed, the repair process sometimes results in
ankylosis. In a growing child, the ankylosed tooth fails to move along with the remaining …

The first report on the transfer of fresh bone was in 1668 when van Meekeren described how
a Russian surgeon had repaired a soldier's skull defect by implanting dog bone with good …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and histomorphological results of
distraction of the severely resorbed edentulous mandible. In a group of 10 edentulous …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical effects of mandibular midline
distraction osteogenesis on the mandibular complex by using a 3-dimensional finite element …

In this paper, both the surgical procedure and the clinical results of a novel distraction device
to augment a severely resorbed anterior edentulous mandible are described. The distraction …

Background Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is a biologic process of new bone formation
between the surfaces of bone segments that are gradually separated by incremental …

The purpose of the study was to follow the early events in bone formation and
neovascularization during maxillary distraction and after the consolidation period and to …

The use of distraction osteogenesis offers an alternative approach to the correction of
craniofacial deformities. However, little is known with respect to the appropriate length of the …