An Overview of Maxillofacial Trauma in Oral and Maxillofacial Tertiary Trauma Centre, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
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Prosthetic Considerations in Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma
Intraoral trauma may occur in isolation or in combination with injury of the other parts of the body. Once the life-threatening phase of trauma is over, the primary need for the patient is to restore the form and function of the tissues lost due to trauma. In the oral and maxillofacial region, esthetic consideration does sometimes supersede the need of function. This article briefl y summarizes...
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عنوان ژورنال: Craniomaxillofacial Trauma & Reconstruction
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1943-3875,1943-3883
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1584893