Historical development of alloplastic temporomandibular joint replacement after 1945 and state of the art

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 909-920

  Driemel, O ^a   Braun, S ^a   Muller Richter U D A ^b   Behr, M ^a   Reichert, T E ^a   Kunkel, M ^c   Reich, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

alloplastic reconstruction; condyle; historical review; mandible; TMJ

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; ORTHOGNATHIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDERS;

EID: 69749098410     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2009.01.022     Document Type: Review

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