Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 9 , Pages 2065-2069 , September 2010

Comparison of Titanium and Biodegradable Miniplates for Fixation of Mandibular Fractures

  • Hyo-Bin Lee, DDS, MSD

      Affiliations

    • Postgraduate, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chosun University College of Dentistry, GwanJu City, Korea
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  • Ji-Su Oh, DDS, MSD

      Affiliations

    • Postgraduate, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chosun University College of Dentistry, GwanJu City, Korea
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  • Su-Gwan Kim, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chosun University College of Dentistry, GwanJu City, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Kim: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chosun University College of Dentistry, 375, SeoSukDong, DongGu, GwanJu City, South Korea 501759
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  • Hak-Kyun Kim, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chosun University College of Dentistry, GwanJu City, Korea
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  • Seong-Yong Moon, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Full-time Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chosun University College of Dentistry, GwanJu City, Korea
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  • Young-Kyun Kim, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Section of Dentistry, Seoul, South Korea
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  • Pil-Young Yun, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Section of Dentistry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gumi-dong, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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  • Jun-Sik Son, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Researcher, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

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PII: S0278-2391(09)01573-0

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2009.08.004

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 68, Issue 9 , Pages 2065-2069 , September 2010

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