Experimental model of distraction osteogenesis in edentulous rats

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...

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Main Authors: Maria Montserrat Pujadas Bigi, Marianela Lewicki, Angela Matilde Ubios, Patricia Monica Mandalunis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2011-06-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242011000300005