Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 9 , Pages 1758-1763 , September 2007

Use of Straight and Curved 3-Dimensional Titanium Miniplates for Fracture Fixation at the Mandibular Angle

  • Juergen Zix, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Resident, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Zix: Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Bern, Inselspital CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
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  • Olivier Lieger, MD, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Resident, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
    • ,
  • Tateyuki Iizuka, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Head, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

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PII: S0278-2391(07)00338-2

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.03.013

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 9 , Pages 1758-1763 , September 2007

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