根据髁状突切除后的X线片证据,报导了人类下颌髁状突的再生,并描述了其组织学形态。早在1970年将儿童髁状突切除用以预防成人颌骨前凸。在髁状突缺失时,下颌体的前后向生长停止。上颌继续生长最后导致较平衡关系。在术后追踪过程中,所有切除的髁状突三年之后有一个或大或小程度的再生,在那些身体生长没有完成的病人中,这种再生能力引起下颌前后向重新再生长。 According to evidence of radiographic resection of the condyle, the regeneration of human mandibular condyle was reported and its histological morphology was described. As early as 1970, condyles were resected in children to prevent adult jaw lordosis. In the absence of condyle, the mandibular body growth stopped before and after. Maxillary continued to grow eventually leading to a more balanced relationship. During the postoperative follow-up, all resected condyles have a degree of regeneration after three years, and in those whose body growth is incomplete, this regenerative capacity causes regrowth of the mandible forward and backward.