Periosteal distraction osteogenesis: Preliminary experimental evaluation in rabbits and dogs

Estrada, Jorge Ivan Cardona; Saulacic, Nikola; Vazquez, Lydia; Lombardi, Tommaso; Ramirez, Jorge Uriel Carmona; Bernard, Jean Pierre

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2006.02.005

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Volume 45, Issue 5 , Pages 402-405, July 2007

Periosteal distraction osteogenesis: Preliminary experimental evaluation in rabbits and dogs

Jorge Ivan Cardona Estrada
- Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia
Nikola Saulacic
- Oral Surgery and Implantology, Department of Oral Surgery Oral Medicine and Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Lydia Vazquez
- Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Oral Surgery Oral Medicine and Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Tommaso Lombardi
- Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Laboratory, Department of Oral Surgery Oral Medicine and Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Jorge Uriel Carmona Ramirez
- Department of Animal Health, University of Caldas, Colombia
Jean Pierre Bernard
- Oral Surgery and Implantology, Department of Oral Surgery Oral Medicine and Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Correspondence to: Departement de chirurgie buccale, Section de Medecine dentaire, Rue Barthelemy-Menn 19, CH-1211 Geneve 4, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 22 382 91 64; fax: +41 22 382 94 99.

Accepted 17 February 2006.

Abstract

The aim of this project was to evaluate the potential of bone formation by the distraction of periosteum. Distraction of calvarial bone in 12 rabbits at 0.25mm a day caused formation of bone in 3 animals, and distraction at 0.5mm a day caused formation of bone in 2. A second trial of alveolar distraction in four dogs using a specifically-designed distraction device showed lack of stability of the device.