Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 1251-1255 , June 2009

Five-Year Retrospective Study of Mandibular Fractures in Freiburg, Germany: Incidence, Etiology, Treatment, and Complications

  • Kai-Hendrik Bormann, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Bormann: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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  • Sarah Wild, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice, Zentrum für Zahnmedizin Dr. Schulz, Hannover, Germany
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  • Nils-Claudius Gellrich, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Head Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Horst Kokemüller, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Constantin Stühmer, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Assistant, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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  • Rainer Schmelzeisen, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Head Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Ralf Schön, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.09.022

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 1251-1255 , June 2009

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