Abstract:Studies with children and adult patients submitted to mandibular distraction osteogenesis surgery were analyzed, whose complication was ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint. In this study, the objective was to carry out a narrative review of the literature, seeking the prevalence of this complication after distraction osteogenesis. The literature review was carried out in the electronic databases, PubMed and Scopus, using mesh terms and their respective entry terms. The screening process consisted of two p… Show more
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