Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 74-78 , January 2007

Thermographic Assessment of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Injury in Patients With Dentofacial Deformity

  • Joon-Gil Lee, DDS, MSD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University, GwangJu City, Korea.
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  • Su-Gwan Kim, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University, GwangJu City, Korea.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Kim: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Chosun University, 421, SeoSeogDong, DongGu, GwangJu City, Korea 501-825
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  • Kyung-Joon Lim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Chosun University, GwangJu City, Korea.
    • ,
  • Kuey-Chung Choi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Computer and Statistics and Institute of Basic Natural Sciences, Chosun University, GwangJu City, Korea.

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PII: S0278-2391(06)01411-X

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2005.11.098

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 1 , Pages 74-78 , January 2007

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