Abstract: Intraoral distractor for callus distraction in the human lower jaw with a proximal (posterior) and a distal (anterior) fixation part and a first displacement mechanism for a linear lengthening of the distance between the two fixation parts so as to lengthen the body of the mandible or the ramus of the mandible in the area of an osteotomy. The distractor is characterized in that the invention provides for a distraction element with a joint, the axis of articulation of which is oriented in such a way as to allow for a change in the angular position to each other of the body of the mandible and ramus of mandible in the area of the osteotomy. The one fixing part is assigned to the ramus of mandible and the other fixing part to the body of mandible. The distraction element is joined to the fixing parts in such a way that it is situated outside the tissue in the oral cavity and on the buccal side of the teeth in the vestibule.