Limited Contact Dynamic Compression Plates "DCPs" (German Import)

Because of their undercuts, these plates undergo a more complex manufacturing process than regular plates, making them more expensive. However, with the resultant reduced bone contact, they cause less periosteal vascular damage than regular plates, in theory facilitating more rapid bone healing. The undercuts also allow the plates to be contoured evenly, and make failure over a hole less likely. Limited contact plates can be used to create compression in the same way as dynamic compression plates.