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Volume 66, Issue 8 , Pages 1625-1629 , August 2008

Predictability of Prebent Advancement Plates for Use in Maxillomandibular Advancement Surgery

Kok Weng Lye, BDS, MDS
- Fellow, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Lye: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, National Dental Centre, 5 Second Hospital Avenue, Singapore 168938
Peter D. Waite, MPH, DDS, MD
- Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Deli Wang, PhD
- Assistant Professor, Medical Statistics Section, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
Somsak Sittitavornwong, DDS, MS
- Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

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