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Rapid prototyping and patient-specific pre-contoured reconstruction plate for comminuted fractures of the mandible
C Fowell1, S Edmondson1, T Martin1
1Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2WB, United Kingdom.
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|July 8, 2015
Abstract:
The clinical use of rapid prototype, 3-dimensional models and pre-bent reconstruction plates is recognised for mandibular reconstruction after resection of cancer. We describe a new approach using similar techniques in the management of complicated mandibular fractures.

