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Modified LEAD System distractor to prevent tilting during alveolar distraction in the mandibular symphyseal region
Abel García-García1, Miguel Peñarrocha-Diago, Manuel Somoza-Martín
1Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Spain. ciabelgg@usc.es
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|January 2, 2007
Abstract:
This report describes a simple modification of the LEAD System distractor that prevents tilting of the distractor rod, and consequent deviation of distraction direction, during alveolar distraction in the mandibular symphysis region.

