British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 177-179 , April 2008

Risk factors for a bad split during sagittal split osteotomy

,Accepted 24 September 2007.

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PII: S0266-4356(07)00471-8

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.09.011

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 177-179 , April 2008

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