Location of the infraorbital and mental foramen with reference to the soft-tissue landmarks

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1343-1347

  Song, Wu Chul ^b   Kim, Sun Heum ^b   Paik, Doo Jin ^b   Han, Seung Ho ^b   Hu, Kyung Seok ^b   Kim, Hee Jin ^b   Koh, Ki Seok ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRAORBITAL FORAMEN; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL FORAMEN; MOUTH; NOSE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL; SOFT TISSUE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CEPHALOMETRY; CHIN; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; ORBIT;

EID: 34848873511     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000279558.86727.5a     Document Type: Article

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