A Thirty-Year Review of Oral Appliances Used to Manage Microstomia, 1972 to 2002

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 418-431

  Dougherty, Mary E ^a   Warden, G D ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN; BURN SCAR; CLASSIFICATION; CONTRACTURE; DENTITION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE INJURY; HUMAN; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; MICROSTOMIA; MOUTH DISEASE; NECROSIS; ORTHOTICS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSTHESIS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SPLINT; WOUND HEALING;

BURNS; CONTRACTURE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; MAXILLOFACIAL PROSTHESIS; MOUTH DISEASES; MOUTH PROTECTORS; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; SPLINTS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0344825053     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000095517.97355.98     Document Type: Review

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