The Rotterdam Palatal Distractor: Introduction of the new bone-borne device and report of the pilot study

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-35

  Koudstaal, Maarten J ^a   van der Wal, K G H ^a   Wolvius, E B ^a   Schulten, A J M ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distractor; Expansion; Maxillary; Palatal; Rotterdam; Transverse

Indexed keywords

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DENTURE; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FENESTRATION; HUMAN; HYRAX; MALE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; MAXILLA HYPOPLASIA; ORTHODONTICS; PILOT STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE NAILS; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULOFACIAL DYSOSTOSIS; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY DISEASES; ORTHODONTIC ANCHORAGE PROCEDURES; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; ORTHODONTIC WIRES; OSTEOGENESIS, DISTRACTION; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; PILOT PROJECTS; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM;

EID: 29844453936     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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