Distraction osteogenesis for cleft palate closure: A finite element analysis

• Main Authors: Majid Ghasemianpour (Author), Sara Ehsani (Author), Soodeh Tahmasbi (Author), Mohammad Bayat (Author), Maedeh Ghorbanpour (Author), Seyed Mohammadreza Safavi (Author), Fatemeh Sadat Mirhashemi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Current methods of closure of the cleft palate result in the formation of scars and impairment of growth. Distraction osteogenesis (DO) might be an effective means to repair or at least reduce the size of wide clefts. This study investigates the biomechanical aspects of this process. Mat...