British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 631-634 , December 2008

INION® compared with titanium osteosynthesis: a prospective investigation of the treatment of mandibular fractures

  • H. Leonhardt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Technical University Dresden, Fetscher Str. 74 D-01307 Dresden, Germany. Tel.: +49 351 4585205; fax: +49 351 4585382.
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  • A. Demmrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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  • A. Mueller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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  • R. Mai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany
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  • R. Loukota

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Leeds Dental Institute, Leeds, UK
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  • U. Eckelt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, Germany

,Accepted 24 April 2008.

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PII: S0266-4356(08)00194-0

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.04.021

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 8 , Pages 631-634 , December 2008

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