Journal:
:journal of dental research, dental clinics, dental prospects
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javad yazdani associate professor, department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, faculty of dentistry, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran
saeed hajizadeh assistant professor, department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, faculty of dentistry, shahid beheshti university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
mohammad ali ghavimi assistant professor, department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, faculty of dentistry, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran
bahram pourghasem gargari associate professor, health and nutrition faculty, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran.
amin nourizadeh assistant professor, department of prosthodontics, faculty of dentistry, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran
yousef kananizadeh post-graduate student of oral and maxillofacial surgery, department of prosthodontics, faculty of dentistry, tabriz university of medical sciences, tabriz, iran
background. one of the treatment methods for facial fractures is close reduction technique, but treatment with intermaxillary fixation (imf) interferes with normal nutrition, and malnutrition can affect patient’s recovery. anthropometric measurements such as skinfold thickness and body mass index (bmi) are universal indexes for diagnosing malnutrition. so in this study we pointed out how treatm...