Complications during mandibular midline distraction: The first 100 patients

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-24

  Von Bremen, Julia ^a   Schäfer, Dominik ^b   Kater, Wolfgang ^b   Ruf, Sabine ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications; Mandibular midline distraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349014826     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2319/011507-17.1     Document Type: Article

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