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Research Article| Volume 27, ISSUE 6, P707-715, June 1969

Partial glossectomy to stabilize occlusion following surgical correction of prognathism

Report of a case
  • Lennard T. Swanson
    Footnotes
    Affiliations
    Dental Department, the Children's Hospital Medical Center Boston, Mass., USA

    Department of Surgery, the Children's Hospital Medical Center Boston, Mass., USA

    Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, Mass., USA
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  • Joseph E. Murray
    Footnotes
    Affiliations
    Dental Department, the Children's Hospital Medical Center Boston, Mass., USA

    Department of Surgery, the Children's Hospital Medical Center Boston, Mass., USA

    Harvard School of Dental Medicine Boston, Mass., USA
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  • Author Footnotes
    ∗ Assistant Clinical Professor, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Senior Orthodontist, The Children's Hospital Medical Center.
    ∗∗ Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Plastic Surgeon, The Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
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