KALAMAZOO -- Stryker Corp. Monday announced the global commercial launch of the Universal SmartLock Hybrid maxillomandibular fixation (MMF) system. The new system combines elements of both arch bars ...
Fractures of the nose and other facial bones are a relatively common and potentially serious injury in soccer players, reports a Brazilian study. Through their analysis, researchers report that he ...
Alan Johnson, MD, an otolaryngologist with Altru Health System in Grand Forks, N.D., invented the Minne Ties Agile MMF, a non-invasive jaw-fixation device available for oral and facial plastic ...
The maxilla is a bone which helps to make up the skull. It is specifically located in the mid face, forms the upper jaw, separates the nasal and oral cavities, and contains the maxillary sinuses ...
Injuries to the maxillofacial region are fairly common in emergency medicine. This area is of particular importance, because it is dangerously close to the most important organ in the body – the brain ...
Read as part of the Carney Hospital Program at the Twenty-Fourth Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, Boston, October 15 to 19, 1934. Doherty, Joseph A. — Visiting oral surgeon, Carney ...