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Implant-supported distraction osteogenesis: a technique to advance the deficient maxilla
Michael Lypka1, Andy Afshar, Dieu Pham
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Methodist Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, Houston, Texas, USA. michaellypka@hotmail.com
The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
|January 27, 2009
Abstract:
We describe a technique in which osseointegrated implants are used as anchors to support a custom-fabricated distraction device to advance the deficient anterior maxilla. The absolute rigidity of osseointegrated implants in bone provides stable anchorage for successful distraction.
