The management of mandibular body fractures in young children

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 565-570

  Aizenbud, Dror ^a   Hazan Molina, Hagai ^a   Emodi, Omri ^b   Rachmiel, Adi ^b  

^a Orthodontic and Craniofacial Center   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; TOOTH ERUPTION;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; TOOTH ERUPTION;

EID: 70449629190     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2009.00815.x     Document Type: Review

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