Experimental model of distraction osteogenesis in edentulous rats

• Main Authors: Maria Montserrat Pujadas Bigi (Author), Marianela Lewicki (Author), Angela Matilde Ubios (Author), Patricia Monica Mandalunis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is a surgical technique producing bone lengthening by distraction of the fracture callus. Although a large number of experimental studies on the events associated with DO of craniofacial skeleton have been reported, the few employing rat mandibular bone DO used complica...