Comparison of titanium and resorbable copolymer fixation after Le Fort I maxillary impaction

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-73

  Dhol, Walinder S ^a   Reyneke, Johan P ^b   Tompson, Bryan ^a   Sándor, George K B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (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; TITANIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BONE PLATE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MAXILLA OSTEOTOMY; METHODOLOGY; NASAL BONE; PALATE; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE PLATES; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LACTIC ACID; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; NASAL BONE; OSTEOTOMY, LE FORT; PALATE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; TITANIUM; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 46449100337     PISSN: 08895406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2006.04.049     Document Type: Article

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