An in vitro comparison of an adjustable bone fixation system.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to biomechanically compare an adjustable plating system and several variations with an inverted-L pattern of 3 bicortical screws to fix a bilateral sagittal split osteotomy.

Materials And Methods: Sixty polyurethane mandible replicas (Synbone, Laudquart, Switzerland) were used in this study. Ten uncut mandibular replicas served as control models.