Mandibular Condyle Fractures: Determinants of Treatment and Outcome

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-163

  Villarreal, Pedro M ^a,d   Monje, Florencio ^b   Junquera, Luis M ^c   Mateo, Jesús ^b   Morillo, Antonio J ^b   González, Cristina ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE CABUEÑES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d Monte Auseva N 12 4 B   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMORBIDITY; DENTITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOINT DISLOCATION; JOINT DISPLACEMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE FRACTURE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE HEAD FRACTURE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE NECK FRACTURE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MANDIBLE SUBCONDYLAR FRACTURE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OPEN REDUCTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0942265492     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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