Open AccessDistraction osteogenesis for correction of mandibular abnormalities
Author(s) -
Vinayak Karun,
Navneet Agarwal,
Virendra Singh
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.127653
Subject(s) - medicine , distraction osteogenesis , distraction , osteotomy , soft tissue , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , dentistry , orthodontics , surgery , botany , neuroscience , biology , genus
Management of mandibular deformities is challenging. Distraction osteogenesis is a relatively new technique with promising results.