TY - GEN AU - Mamdouh Sayed Sayed Ahmed AU - Maha Hakam , AU - Mohamed Galal Beheiri , AU - Moshira Dahaba , TI - Distraction Osteogenesis Versus Interpositional Bone Grafting for Augmentation of the Anterior Mandibular Ridge / PY - 2005/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mamdouh Sayed Sayed Ahmed , KW - Augmentation KW - Interpositional KW - Mandibular Ridge N1 - Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department Of Oral Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - The aim of this study was to compare distraction osteogenesis versus interpositional bone grafting techniques in augmenting the anterior region of mandibular atrophic ridgesPatients sample was divided randomly into two equal groups ; group I in which ridge augmentation was carried out using vertical alveolar distraction device (Groningen distraction device) , and group II in which ridge augmentation was carried out using interpositional bone grafting from the anterior iliac crest UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -