Impact psychologique de la distraction alvéolaire mandibulaire

Alveolar mandibular distraction has only a weak psychological impact. It improves the patient's quality of life. It can be suggested that hope for improvement helped patients to better stand treatment. The information received contributed to better adjust to events. This unpredictable situation does not allow the patient to prepare himself and generates stress. Information in necessary before operating, to let the patient assess his own resources and prepare his own psychological adaptation mechanism. It is through this means that we can speak about true “informed consent or refusal”.