Freeze treatment of the monkey mandibular condyle.
Monkey mandibular condyles were frozen in situ and subsequently examined clinically and histologically. The frozen bone served as a structural matrix for the formation of new, vital bone. No ankylosis, open-bite deformity or loss of function was observed.
Marciani
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D000818:Animals; D001861:Bone Regeneration; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002508:Cephalometry; D003452:Cryosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation; D003766:Dental Occlusion; D005260:Female; D005615:Freezing; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D009336:Necrosis; D013997:Time Factors