The effects of early post-natal condylectomy on the growth of the mandible in rats
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The present investigation was undertaken to determine the growth changes in the mandible following bilateral condylar resection in new born rats.
The results of this study revealed that condylectomy of one day old rats did not markedly impair the antero-posterior position of the mandible. However, the mandible of the condylectomized animals exhibited morphological differences from that of control group. It was speculated that these differences, in size and shape, may have resulted from altered functional conditions at the posterior part of the mandible due at least in part to the removal of lateral pterygoid muscle during the condylectomy. In this context the results of this study are consistent with the functional matrix theory and suggest that post-natal condylar growth may not be responsible for the spatial position and the overall length of the rat mandible.
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Thesis (M.Sc.D.)--Boston University. School of Graduate Dentistry. 1969.
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