Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 12 , Pages 2438-2444 , December 2007

Incidence of Complications and Problems Related to Orthognathic Surgery

  • Su-Gwan Kim, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Director, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Biology Research Institute, 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, 501-825 Korea
    • ,
  • Sun-Sik Park, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Biology Research Institute, College of Dentistry, Chosun University, GwangJu City, Korea.

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.05.030

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 12 , Pages 2438-2444 , December 2007

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