sandwich osteotomy

sandwich osteotomy
a surgical technique for augmenting an atrophic mandible; it is similar to a visor osteotomy (q.v.) but the split is a horizontal one confined between the mental foramina so that only the anterior portion of the cranial fragment is lifted upward.

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