Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 7 , Pages 501-504 , October 2010

Clinical aspects of a 2.0-mm locking plate system for mandibular fracture surgery

  • Sebastian Sauerbier, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr. Sebastian SAUERBIER, MD, DDS, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Hugstetter Str. 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany. Tel.: +49 761 270 4701; Fax: +49 761 270 4800.
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  • Jana Kuenz, DSS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Silke Hauptmann, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Christiaan Frederik Hoogendijk, MBChB, BChD, MChD, FCMFOS(SA) Dipodont(in Oral Surg)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Oral and Dental Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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  • Niels Liebehenschel, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Ralf Schön, MD, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Rainer Schmelzeisen, MD, DDS (Head, Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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  • Ralf Gutwald, MD, DDS (Vice Head, Professor)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Received 12 November 2008 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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PII: S1010-5182(10)00002-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.01.001

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 7 , Pages 501-504 , October 2010

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