Comparative study of inferior alveolar disturbance restoration after sagittal split osteotomy by means of bicortical versus monocortical osteosynthesis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-41

  Fujioka, Masaki ^a   Hirano, Akiyoshi ^a   Fujii, Tohru ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE INJURY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; BONE WIRES; CHIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS; LIP; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; OSTEOTOMY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; STAINLESS STEEL; TOUCH;

EID: 0031776489     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199807000-00006     Document Type: Article

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