Distraction osteogenesis in correction of mandibular micrognathia accompanying obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome

Bilateral intra-oral distraction osteogenesis for the management of severe congenital mandibular hypoplasia in early childhood

“…However, this can leave obvious facial skin scars and can easily injure the facial nerve branches. More recently, intra-oral appliances have been developed that avoid both these complications (Howlett et al, 1999;Wang et al, 2003;Li et al, 2008).…”