Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1472-1476 , December 2004

On neurosensory disturbance after sagittal split osteotomy

  • Awwad Al-Bishri, BDS, MDS

      Affiliations

    • Senior Registrar, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital MAS and Faculty of Dentistry, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Al-Bishri: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Malmö University Hospital MAS, 205 02 Malmö, Sweden.
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  • Jan Rosenquist, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital MAS and Faculty of Dentistry, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden.
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  • Bo Sunzel, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Consultant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital MAS, Malmö, Sweden.

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PII: S0278-2391(04)01161-9

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2004.04.021

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1472-1476 , December 2004

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