Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 9 , Pages 1856-1863 , September 2008

Quality of Life Evaluation for Patients Receiving Vascularized Versus Nonvascularized Bone Graft Reconstruction of Segmental Mandibular Defects

  • David D. Vu, PharmD

      Affiliations

    • Student, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • ,
  • Brian L. Schmidt, DDS, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Schmidt: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 521 Parnassus C-522, San Francisco, CA 94143-0440

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PII: S0278-2391(08)00926-9

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.04.021

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 9 , Pages 1856-1863 , September 2008

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