Contributors: Michael Lewis Schneir (author), Wendy Kingdom (section editor), Any Whereat editor)

INTRODUCTION: Traditional frontoorbital advancement with a supraorbital bar is the standard technique for correcting coronal craniosynostosis. However, several reports indicate that cranioplasty using distraction osteogenesis can be an alternative. To maximize the advantages of distraction, preservation of the dura attachment to the frontal bone appears to be important. Therefore, we designed a...

Patients with complete or partial edentulism who have insufficient bone for endosseous dental implant treatment present a challenge for the dental practitioner. Alveolar distraction osteogenesis is a technique for creating bone and soft tissue, without the need for bone grafting and its potential complications. In this article, alveolar distraction osteogenesis is compared with traditional bone...

Distraction osteogenesis is a method of forming bone through osteotomy and sequential stretching of the healing callus. This process is accomplished with the aid of a distraction device, which is secured with screws placed directly into bone for a predetermined length of time. This clinical report describes the use of distraction osteogenesis to treat mandibular asymmetry in a patient with Gold...