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Use of a safety tie in the placement of miniscrews

A J Gibbons1, M J J Charette

  • 1Oral and Maxillofacial Unit, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Thorpe Road, Peterborough, PE3 6DA, United Kingdom. andrew.gibbons@pbh-tr.nhs.uk

The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|May 15, 2007
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