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Broken Jaw (cont.)

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Authors and Editors

Author: Charles P. Davis, MD, PhD

Editor: Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Previous contributing authors and editors:

Author: Samuel M Keim, MD, Program Director, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center.

Coauthor(s): Doug Smith, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona.

Editors: Brian F Chinnock, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine.

REFERENCES:

Chaudhry, Meher. "Mandibular Dislocation." Medscape.com. Apr. 19, 2012. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/823775-overview>.

Laub, Donald R. "Mandibular Fractures." Medscape.com. June 14, 2012. <http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1283150-overview>.


Last Editorial Review: 12/6/2012

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