Mandibular Mechanics Following Osteotomy and Appliance Placement II: Bone Strain on the Body and Condylar Neck

Masticatory behavior was altered, probably as a combined result of disruption of the occlusion, changes in muscle recruitment, and probable loss of sensory feedback. However, neither these changes nor damage to the muscles explain the decrease and reorientation of compressive strain on the condylar neck. Alternatively, the modified strain pattern could have arisen from positional instability of the proximal bone fragment.