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The risk that mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO) poses to the developing mandibular dentition is well-known; however, less is understood about how the choice of instrumentation used for mandibular osteotomy might affect the development of permanent molars.
Sprow et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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