Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 6 , Pages 1104-1111 , June 2008

Effect of Low Magnitude and High Frequency Mechanical Stimuli on Defects Healing in Cranial Bones

  • Haitham Omar, BDS, FRACDS

      Affiliations

    • Postgraduate Student, Discipline of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Sydney Dental Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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  • Gang Shen, BDS, MDSc, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Discipline of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Sydney Dental Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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  • Allan S. Jones, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Senior lecturer, Electron Microscope Unit, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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  • Hans Zoellner, BDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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  • Peter Petocz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Statistics, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
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  • M. Ali Darendeliler, BDS, PhD, DipOrth, CertifOrtho, PrivDoc

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chair, Discipline of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Sydney Dental Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Prof Darendeliler: Discipline of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Sydney Dental Hospital, The University of Sydney, Level 2, 2 Chalmers Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010 Australia

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.01.048

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 6 , Pages 1104-1111 , June 2008

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