Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 8 , Pages 1225-1231 , August 2006

Abnormal Union of Mandibular Fractures: A Review of 84 Cases

  • Zhi Li, DDS, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Key Lab for Oral Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Eduction, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.
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  • Wei Zhang, MDS

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Key Lab for Oral Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Eduction, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.
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  • Zu-Bing Li, DDS, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Key Lab for Oral Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Eduction, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Zu-Bing Li: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237 Luoyu Road, Wuhan 430079, People’s Republic of China
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  • Jin-Rong Li, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College and Hospital of Stomatology, Key Lab for Oral Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Eduction, Wuhan University, Wuhan, People’s Republic of China.

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 The first and second authors contributed equally to this article.

PII: S0278-2391(06)00565-9

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.04.018

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 8 , Pages 1225-1231 , August 2006

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