One-year postoperative stability of LeFort I osteotomies with biodegradable fixation: A retrospective analysis of skeletal relapse

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 310-316

  Kiely, Kevin Daniel ^a   Wendfeldt, Kyle Stewart ^b   Johnson, Baxter Edwin ^c   Haskell, Bruce Steven ^c   Edwards, Richard C ^d  

^a South County Hospital   (United States)

^b Orthodontist   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; LACTIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYLACTIC ACID-POLYGLYCOLIC ACID COPOLYMER; POLYMER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CEPHALOMETRY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; ORAL SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MAXILLA; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33748587280     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2005.03.022     Document Type: Article

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