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Use of pressure-formed splints in oral surgery
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hope Hospital, Salford, U.K.
Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, and Oral Pathology
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
This article illustrates the scope of use for pressure-formed splints in two frequently encountered fields of oral surgery: maxillary segmental surgery and management of fractures of the mandible through the dental arch. The use of these splints in both fields allows significant modification of generally accepted procedures.