British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 288-292 , June 2008

Foreign body response around total prosthetic metal-on-metal replacements of the temporomandibular joint in the UK

  • A.J. Sidebottom

      Affiliations

    • Maxillofacial Unit, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • B. Speculand

      Affiliations

    • Maxillofacial Unit, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    • ,
  • R. Hensher

      Affiliations

    • 11 Harcourt House, 19A Cavendish Square, London W1G 0PN, United Kingdom

,Accepted 9 December 2007.

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PII: S0266-4356(07)00522-0

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.12.003

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 4 , Pages 288-292 , June 2008

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