title: Prevention of lingual inclination of the transport segment in vertical distraction osteogenesis in the mandible.
abstract: Vertical distraction osteogenesis can extend not only to hard tissues but also to soft tissues. There is a tendency to cause progressive lingual inclination of the distracted segment. This study describes a method for preventing the lingual inclination of the transport segment in patients with vertical distraction osteogenesis in the anterior region of the mandible and reports the results of long-term follow-up. The subjects included 5 patients who had severely atrophic ridges in the anterior mandible. In all cases, a part of the mental protuberance was scraped out, and the distractor was placed suitably in a labioinclination beforehand. Therefore, the transport segments did not lean to the lingual side and had long-term stability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan. shibuya@med.kobe-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yasuyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibuya
authors.forename: Shibuya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasuyuki
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takata
authors.forename: Suguru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Junichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Takahide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komori
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000540:Alveolar Ridge Augmentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019857:Osteogenesis, Distraction / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D055815:Young Adult