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Alveolar osseous distraction by the combined use of modified miniplates and an orthodontic appliance. A technical note.

Reychler H, Mahy P, Bou Saba S

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: H. Reychler), Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc, Université catholique de Louvain, 10, Avenue Hippocrate, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium.

An original alveolar osseous distraction method using a Hyrax orthodontic device connected to two miniplates modified as a skeletal orthodontic anchorage (Bollard™ type) is reported and illustrated by three cases. In all three cases with alveolar bone insufficiency, the alveolar osseous distraction allowed for dental implant positioning and fixed dental prosthetic rehabilitation.

Published 3 January 2011 in J Craniomaxillofac Surg.
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