Wooden Foreign Body Embedded in the Zygomatic Region for 2 Years

Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 96-100

  Vikram, Anne ^a   Mowar, Apoorva ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^a  

^a SUBHARTI DENTAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Foreign body; Maxillofacial region; Trismus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897073307     PISSN: 09728279     EISSN: 0974942X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12663-010-0161-1     Document Type: Article

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