Sensibility following sagittal split osteotomy in the mandible: A prospective clinical study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-333

  Blomqvist, John Eric ^a,b   Alberius, Per ^a,b   Isaksson, Sten ^a,b  

^a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ^*  (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE OSTEOTOMY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSIBILITY; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LIP; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR ADVANCEMENT; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, SENSORY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0031848616     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199808000-00005     Document Type: Article

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