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Review Article| Volume 25, ISSUE 1, P1-10, March 2017

Classification of Mandibular Condylar Fractures

Published:December 24, 2016DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cxom.2016.11.001
      There is no universal gold standard classification system for mandibular condylar process fractures.

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