Use of mini-implants in orthognathic surgery.
We report a case in which mini-implants were used for intraoperative maxillomandibular fixation and for postoperative elastic traction in the treatment of a 20-year-old woman with mandibular prognathism.
Gibbons
A J
AJ
Oral and Maxillofacial and Orthodontic Units, Peterborough District Hospital, Peterborough, UK. andrew.gibbons@pbh-tr.nhs.uk <andrew.gibbons@pbh-tr.nhs.uk>
Cousley
R R J
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