Uckan Sina, Veziroglu Firdevs, Arman Ayca
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod. 2006 Dec;102(6):e21-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2006.05.025. Epub 2006 Oct 11.
Management of the transverse mandibular deficiency and anterior crowding by mandibular midline distraction osteogenesis (MMDO) is an efficient and stable alternative to orthodontic mechanics with minor complications. Although the only major complication reported previously during MMDO is the nonunion of the segments, in the present case report an unexpected breakage of the distractor in MMDO during the consolidation period as a new major complication was presented.
