1Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, IMS & Sum Hospital
2Post Graduate Trainee, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, IMS & Sum Hospital
3Senior Resident, Department of ENT & Head and Neck Surgery, IMS & Sum Hospital
4Tutor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, SSR Raghu Ram, Intern, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
*Corresponding Author: Sthitaprajna Lenka, Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, e-mail: sthitaprajnalenka@soa.ac.in
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
Distraction osteogenesis is a worldwide accepted recent approach in the field of surgery. As on date the craniofacial surgeons, across the globe, prefer the distraction osteogenesis technique over conventional reconstructive surgery by bone graft. This paper attempts to review a brief knowledge of the mandibular distraction osteogenesis and the latest developments in the field.
Distraction, Osteogenesis, Correction, Mandibular Deficiency, Disorder
