Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 358-364 , July 2010

Management of odontogenic keratocysts of the jaws: A ten-year experience with 120 consecutive lesions

  • Poramate Pitak-Arnnop, DDS, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Jacques-Charles Bertrand MD), AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Paris 6 (Pierre et Marie Curie), Paris, France
    • Department of Oral, Craniomaxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery (Head: Prof. Alexander Hemprich MD, DMD, PhD), Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
    • Laboratory of Medical Ethics and Legal Medicine (Head: Prof. Christian Hervé MD, PhD), Faculty of Medicine, University Paris 5 (René Descartes), Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr. Poramate PITAK-ARNNOP, DDS, MSc, Klinik und Poliklinik für Mund-, Kiefer- und Plastische Gesichtschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR, Nürnberger Str. 57, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Tel.: +49 341 97 21 100; Fax: +49 341 97 21 109.
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  • André Chaine, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Jacques-Charles Bertrand MD), AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Paris 6 (Pierre et Marie Curie), Paris, France
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  • Nicoleta Oprean, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Jacques-Charles Bertrand MD), AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Paris 6 (Pierre et Marie Curie), Paris, France
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  • Kittipong Dhanuthai, DDS, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Pathology (Head: Assoc. Prof. Somporn Swasdison DDS, PhD), Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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  • Jacques-Charles Bertrand, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Jacques-Charles Bertrand MD), AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Paris 6 (Pierre et Marie Curie), Paris, France
    • ,
  • Chloé Bertolus, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Prof. Jacques-Charles Bertrand MD), AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University Paris 6 (Pierre et Marie Curie), Paris, France

Received 1 April 2009 ,Accepted 5 October 2009.

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☆ This article is dedicated to Prof. Jacques-Charles Bertrand on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

PII: S1010-5182(09)00170-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.10.006

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 358-364 , July 2010

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