Virtual planning of a composite model of bone and teeth to facilitate the adjustment of a hybrid distractor for the transport of alveolar bone

In recent years 3-dimensional computer planning in maxillofacial surgery has been widely used.1 Hammoudeh et al described stereolithographic modelling for the orientation of vectors when using a bone-to-bone distractor,2 but the method is not accurate enough for use with a hybrid distractor.

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