TY - GEN AU - Niveen Abdellatif Askar AU - Galal Mohamed Beharey , AU - Khaled Abden Zekery , AU - Magid Amin Mohamed , TI - A comparative study of endosseous implants placed during and after distraction osteogenesis / PY - 2005/// CY - Cairo : PB - Niveen Abdellatif Askar , KW - distraction osteogenesis KW - endosseous N1 - Thesis (PH.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Oral and Dental Medicine - Department Of Oral Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - This study was conducted on sixteen patients with mandibular alveolar atrophy selected randomly from the outpatient clinic , Oral Surgery Department , Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine , Cairo UniversityA comparison of dental implants placed during and after consolidation period of distracted bone in the anterior region of the mandible was conductedThe patients were divided into two equal groups , Group I (implants placed during the consolidation period) with averagege 67 years , Group II (implants placed after the consolidation period) with average age 61 yearsPre - operative evaluation of the patients were carried out through clinicalnd radiographic examinationsClinical examinations were carried out intra - orally by inspectionnd palpation of thetrophicnterior mandiblePre - operative radiographic examination was in form of panoramicnd lateral cephalometric views to determine pre - operative ridge height , location of the mental foramina , and jaws relationshipData collected from each patient were recorded in special examination chart UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -