Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 12 , Pages 1751-1760 , December 2006

Qualitative Descriptors Used by Patients Following Orthognathic Surgery to Portray Altered Sensation

  • Ceib Phillips, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Phillips: Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, CB 7450, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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  • Greg Essick, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC.
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  • John Zuniga, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC.
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  • Myron Tucker, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Private Practitioner, Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC.
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  • George Blakey III, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthodontics, University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, Chapel Hill, NC.

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 This project was supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant no. DE01367.

PII: S0278-2391(06)01409-1

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.11.100

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 12 , Pages 1751-1760 , December 2006

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