British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 355-357 , July 2008

Quantic molecular resonance scalpel and its potential applications in oral surgery

  • Paolo Vescovi

      Affiliations

    • Sezione di Odontostomatologia, CLOSPD (Presidente: Prof. M.Bonanini), Università di Parma, Italy
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  • Maddalena Manfredi

      Affiliations

    • Sezione di Odontostomatologia, CLOSPD (Presidente: Prof. M.Bonanini), Università di Parma, Italy
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  • Elisabetta Merigo

      Affiliations

    • Sezione di Odontostomatologia, CLOSPD (Presidente: Prof. M.Bonanini), Università di Parma, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Sezione di Odontostomatologia, Dipartimento di Scienze-Otorino-Odonto-Oftalmologiche e Cervico Facciali, Università degli Studi di Parma, Via Gramsci, 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. Tel.: +39 0521 986722; fax: +39 0521 292955.
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  • Carlo Fornaini

      Affiliations

    • Sezione di Odontostomatologia, CLOSPD (Presidente: Prof. M.Bonanini), Università di Parma, Italy
  • ,
  • Jean-Paul Rocca

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, University of Nice, France
  • ,
  • Samir Nammour

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Dentistry, University of Liège, Belgium
  • ,
  • Mauro Bonanini

      Affiliations

    • Sezione di Odontostomatologia, CLOSPD (Presidente: Prof. M.Bonanini), Università di Parma, Italy

,Accepted 24 September 2007.

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PII: S0266-4356(08)00112-5

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.09.014

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 355-357 , July 2008