British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 477-479 , September 2008

Cranial bone grafting and simultaneous implants: a submental technique to reconstruct the atrophic mandible

  • Rajesh Gutta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas – 78229, USA
    • Tel.: +1 205 934 5334; fax: +1 205 975 6671.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. MSC 7908, Dept of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX – 78229, USA. Tel.: +1 210 567 3460.
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  • Peter D. Waite

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 419 SDB, 1919, 7th Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama – 35294, USA
    • Tel.: +1 205 934 5334; fax: +1 205 975 6671.

,Accepted 11 November 2007.

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PII: S0266-4356(07)00489-5

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.11.008

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 477-479 , September 2008

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