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JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 87, Issue 10, Pages 953-957Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/154405910808701018
Keywords
mandibular bone healing; bone formation; distraction osteogenesis; therapeutic ultrasound
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- University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
- Campus Research Board
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Previous studies have shown that therapeutic pulsed ultrasound (pulsed) has superior stimulatory effect on bone fracture healing compared with continuous ultrasound (continuous). Our predictive hypothesis was that pulsed ultrasound can produce better bone formation during mandibular osteodistraction than continuous ultrasound. Thirty-six New Zealand rabbits were divided into 3 groups of 12. Osteodistraction was performed at 3 mm/day for 5 days. Group 1 received pulsed, group 2 received continuous ultrasound, and group 3 was the control group (distraction only). Bone formation was assessed by quantitative bone density (QBD), mechanical testing, and histological examination. In the first 2 wks post-distraction, group 2 showed enhanced bone formation more than group 1 (p < 0.05); however, in the 3rd and 4th wks, group 1 showed more bone formation than group 2 (p < 0.05). Earlier stages of bone healing were enhanced more by continuous, whereas late stages were enhanced more by pulsed, ultrasound. Abbreviations: PULSED, low-intensity pulsed ultrasound; CONTINUOUS, lowintensity continuous ultrasound.
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