Table 6.

Complications after mandibular midline distraction osteogenesis with a bone-borne, tooth-borne or hybrid distraction appliance

Study	Distraction appliance	Type of complication
Alkan et al. [2]	Bone-borne	Breakage distractor: 3 Ecchymosis:1 Gingival recession with excessive mobility of central incisors: 1 Secondary infection: 1 Chin ptosis: 1
	Tooth-borne	Severe mucosal irritation: 1 Failure: 1
	Hybrid	Ecchymosis:1 Secondary infection: 1
Landes et al. [22]	Bone-borne	None
Gunbay et al. [23]	Bone-borne	Central incisor damage: 1 Wound dehiscence: 3 Temporomandibular joint pain: 3 Gingivitis: 7
Ploder et al. [26]	Tooth-borne	Temporomandibular joint pain: 1 Temporomandibular joint click: 1 Central incisor late response to cold testing: 4
Seeberger et al. [27]	Tooth-borne	None