Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 12 , Pages 2639-2643 , December 2009

Clinical Characteristics and Complications Associated With Mesiodentes

  • Hong-Keun Hyun, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea
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  • Su-Jin Lee, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Student, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea
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  • Sang-Hoon Lee, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea
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  • Se-Hyun Hahn, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Research Institute, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea
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  • Jung-Wook Kim, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Dental Research Institute and BK21 Program, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Kim: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Dental Research Institute and BK21 Program, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, 275-1 Yongon-dong, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-768, Korea

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 This work was supported by a grant from the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation through the Bio/Technology R&D program (grant M10646010003-08N4601-00310) and by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation Science Research Center grant funded by the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology through the Bone Metabolism Research Center (grant R11-2008-023-02003-0).

PII: S0278-2391(09)01425-6

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.07.041

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 67, Issue 12 , Pages 2639-2643 , December 2009

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