Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 5 , Pages 1021-1025 , May 2009

Value of Informed Consent in Surgical Orthodontics

  • Sander Brons, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Postgraduate Student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pathology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam and VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Alfred G. Becking, DMD, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pathology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam and VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • D. Bram Tuinzing, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pathology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam and VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Tuinzing: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pathology, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam and VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, Amsterdam 1007 MB The Netherlands

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PII: S0278-2391(09)00049-4

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.12.038

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 5 , Pages 1021-1025 , May 2009

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