A quantitative histologic study of tissue responses to ramal sagittal splitting procedures.
J Oral Surg, 1979/7;37(7):482-5.
PMID: 109587
Abstract
The viability of bone after sagittal splitting of the mandibular ramus by two techniques was studied. Decalcified sections of bone were studied with light microscopy; ground sections of bone labeled with tetracycline were studied with ultraviolet microscopy. The data indicate that avascular necrosis of the proximal fragment occurs after conventional Obwegeser-Dal Pont sagittal split osteotomy. Viability of the fragment was maintained by using a musculoperiosteal pedicle on the proximal fragment.
MeSH terms
Animals; Bone Marrow; Haplorhini; Haversian System; Macaca mulatta; Mandible; Mandibular Diseases; Osteocytes; Osteogenesis; Osteonecrosis; Osteotomy
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