Grafts of autogenous coronoid process to reconstruct the mandibular condyle in children with unilateral ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint: long-term effects on mandibular growth

Injury to the mandibular condyle in children usually leads to malocclusion and disharmony of facial growth. Our aim was to study the facial growth after reconstruction of the mandibular condyle using autogenous coronoid process grafts in children with unilateral ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). We followed up 10 growing patients with unilateral bony ankylosis of the TMJ who had been admitted to the West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University (Chengdu, China) between 1 January 2008 and 31 December 2012.

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