Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 6 , Pages 1102-1108 , June 2007

A Sheep Model of Intracapsular Condylar Fracture

  • Xing Long, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Key Laboratory for Oral Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wutan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Long: Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Key Laboratory for Oral Biomedical Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China 430079
    • ,
  • Alastair N. Goss, DDSc, FRACDS(OMS), FICD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

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PII: S0278-2391(07)00274-1

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.06.307

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 6 , Pages 1102-1108 , June 2007

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