British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 311-313 , June 2007

Treatment of post-traumatic open bite by radiofrequency

  • Seong-Seok Choi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, #896, Pyungchon-Dong, Dongan-Gu, Anyang-city, Kyungki-do 431-070, South Korea
    • ,
  • Horatiu Rotaru

      Affiliations

    • Department of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, “Iuliu Hatieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    • ,
  • Seong-Gon Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, #896, Pyungchon-Dong, Dongan-Gu, Anyang-city, Kyungki-do 431-070, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +82 31 380 3873; fax: +82 31 387 2475.

,Accepted 22 November 2005.

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PII: S0266-4356(05)00359-1

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.11.018

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 4 , Pages 311-313 , June 2007

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