Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Ibrahim Zakhary, Brian M Laing, Moniba Mirkhani and Hatem El-Mekkawi Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Chapter 1 Distraction Osteogenesis for Correction of Oral and Craniofacial Deformities Ibrahim Zakhary1*, Brian M Laing1, Moniba Mirkhani1 and Hatem El-Mekkawi2 1Department of Oral and maxillofacial surgery, School of Dentistry. University of Detroit-Mercy, USA 2Formerly Dean & Professor OMFS Misr University of Science and Technology, Egypt *Corresponding Author: Ibrahim Zakhary, Department of Oral and maxillofacial surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Detroit-Mercy, USA, Tel: 313-494-6678; Fax: 313-494-6666; Email:
[email protected] First Published December 10, 2017 Copyright: © 2017 Ibrahim Zakhary, Brian M Laing and Moniba Mirkhani. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Com- mons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source. 2 www.avidscience.com Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Definition Distraction osteogenesis (DO) is a biological process of new bone regeneration between surgically separated bony segments as a result of gradual traction at a specific rate and rhythm [1]. Synonyms for this process include osteodistraction, callus distraction, callotasis and, most accurately, distraction histogenesis. This latter term en- compasses the active histogenes is not only in bone but in adjacent tissues including gingiva, skin, fascia, muscle, cartilage, blood vessels, and nerves [2,3]. Distraction os- teogenesis is an alternative treatment to conventional or- thognathic surgery for correction of craniofacial deformi- ties [4]. It offers movements of greater magnitude and better post-operative stability compared to conventional orthognathic surgery [5].