Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 7 , Pages 505-510 , October 2010

Symptomatic plate removal after treatment of facial fractures

  • Hanna Thorén, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationDr. Hanna Thorén, MD, DDS, PhD, Department of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery, Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland. Tel.: +41 31 632 3317; Fax: +41 31 382 0279.
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  • Johanna Snäll, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Eeva Kormi, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Christian Lindqvist, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Liisa Suominen-Taipale, MSc, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Jyrki Törnwall, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (Head: Professor Christian Lindqvist), Institute of Dentistry, University of Helsinki, Finland

Received 7 July 2009 ,Accepted 29 January 2010.

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☆ The project was supported by state subsidiary EVO T1020V0006.

PII: S1010-5182(10)00017-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2010.01.005

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 7 , Pages 505-510 , October 2010

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