Fractures of the mandible in the aging population

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 145-149

  Sidal, Tarkan ^a   Curtis, Donald A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial Trauma; Geriatric; Mandible fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; FALLING; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES;

EID: 33749182360     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2006.tb01715.x     Document Type: Review

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