Replacement of fractured reconstruction plate with customized mandible implant: A novel technique
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Alberto Bedogni MD
Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona
Send correspondence to Alberto Bedogni, M.D., Assistant Professor, Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Hospital G.B. Rossi, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10–37134 Verona, Italy. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorGiordana Bettini MD
Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiuseppe Ferronato MD, DMD
Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorStefano Fusetti MD, DMD
Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiorgia Saia MD
Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Alberto Bedogni MD
Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona
Send correspondence to Alberto Bedogni, M.D., Assistant Professor, Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Hospital G.B. Rossi, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10–37134 Verona, Italy. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorGiordana Bettini MD
Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiuseppe Ferronato MD, DMD
Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorStefano Fusetti MD, DMD
Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
Search for more papers by this authorGiorgia Saia MD
Unit of Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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