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Keywords:

Adolescent, Adult, Age Factors, Cranial Nerve Injuries, Female, Humans, Logistic Models, Male, Mandible, Mandibular Advancement, Mandibular Injuries, Mandibular Nerve, Middle Aged, Osteotomy, Sagittal Split Ramus, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Young Adult, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Dentistry, Oral Surgery & Medicine, ORTHOGNATHIC SURGERY, NEUROSENSORY DISTURBANCE, BONE REGENERATION, FRACTURE REPAIR, COMPLICATIONS, MECHANICS, NICOTINE, GRAFT, 1105 Dentistry, Dentistry, 3203 Dentistry

Abstract:

Defects at the lower border of the mandible may persist after bilateral sagittal split osteotomy (BSSO). The purpose of this study was to estimate the frequency of lower border defects after BSSO and to identify factors associated with the development of these defects.