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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

transport disk

English answer:

a piece of bone that is cut to promote bone growth in a certain direction

Added to glossary by Luiza Modesto
Sep 5, 2010 00:41
13 yrs ago
English term

transport disk

English Medical Medical: Dentistry oral surgery
transport disk distraction osteogenesis

The survival of the transport disk is dependent on the presevation of the lingual mucoperiostal flap.

what is this transport disk?
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4 +1 a piece of bone that is cut to guide bone growth
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Sep 19, 2010 14:48: Luiza Modesto Created KOG entry

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a piece of bone that is cut to guide bone growth

Apparently, transport disk is a piece of bone that is cut to guide bone growth in a certain direction. Look for the term "transport disk" in the following book and you will understand it (it has images too).

http://tinyurl.com/26r5jed
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agree Lynda Bogdan (X)
1 hr
Thank you. :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanks a lot, your answer was very helpful :)"

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http://www.atlantaoralsurgery.com/Procedures/casestudies.htm...

Or you may find some description of the technique here:
http://journals.lww.com/jcraniofacialsurgery/Abstract/2009/0...

Unfortunately, numerous relevant referecnes are there, but cannot be accessed as fulltext (restricted to subscribers).
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