A case report of open-bite after surgical correction of mandibular prognathism.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Hotetsu Shika Gakkai Zasshi
سال: 1987
ISSN: 1883-177X,0389-5386
DOI: 10.2186/jjps.31.844