Growth factors in distraction osteogenesis

Distraction Osteogenesis

Distraction osteogenesis is increasingly used for bone lengthening of facial skeleton. Distractors may be intraoral and extraoral. The authors present development of distractors and their use for treatment of facial bones. Procedure may be used for treatment of malformations, syndroms, posttraumatic bone defects and deformities. The advantage of a distractor are a simple and fast procedure, sho...

Distraction Osteogenesis

Distraction Osteogenesis

Distraction osteogenesis is a treatment modality for the correction of bone anomalies and abnormalities which are either pathological or developmental in origin. Its use in the field of dentistry began in the late twentieth century. Successfulresults from clinical trials has led to more researchers to explore this field. Its use in dentistry involves the correction of craniofacial anomalies, al...

Distraction Osteogenesis Update: Introduction of Multidirectional Cranial Distraction Osteogenesis

In this review, we discuss in detail our current procedure for treating craniosynostosis using multidirectional cranial distraction osteogenesis (MCDO). The MCDO method allows all phenotypes of skull deformity to be reshaped by distraction osteogenesis, except in patients who are 5 months of age or younger and patients with posterior cranial vault problems. We report the results of clinical dat...

Factors influencing bone regenerate healing in distraction osteogenesis.

BACKGROUND The dynamics and effectiveness of new bone formation in the Ilizarov method varies according to different factors. Some of them may result in substantial prolongation of treatment time. The lengthening index (LI), defined as the number of months in a frame necessary to achieve 1 cm lengthening, is the main indicator of bone healing potential. The purpose of the study was to assess th...