Skeletal and Soft Tissue Response to Automated, Continuous, Curvilinear Distraction Osteogenesis

The results of the present study indicate that bone formation in response to automated, continuous, and curvilinear DO at a rate of 1.5 and 3.0 mm/day is nearly identical to that with discontinuous DO at 1 mm/day. In addition, no deleterious effects were found on the digastric muscles.