The invention involves an osteogenic mandibular distraction device (10) particularly suited for bucchal installation. The device (10) has three members: a head member (20), a thoracic member (22), and a tail (abdominal) member (24). The device (10) is attachable to boney structures (50) in the mouth. The device (10) has an axial extender (30) engaged with respect to the thoracic member (22) and the tail member (24), whereby a distance between the thoracic member (22) and the tail member (24) may be variably established. The head member (20) is rotatably attached with respect to the thoracic member (22) allowing specific and fixable rotational positioning of the head member (20) with respect to the thoracic member (22).
