British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 7 , Pages 547-551 , October 2008

The effect of a blast on the mandible and teeth: transverse fractures and their management

  • Sabri T. Shuker

      Affiliations

    • Formerly Head of Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Baghdad Medical City, Baghdad, Iraq.

,Accepted 15 March 2008.

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PII: S0266-4356(08)00106-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.03.014

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 7 , Pages 547-551 , October 2008