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Authors

Carl-Peter Cornelius, Nils Gellrich, Søren Hillerup, Kenji Kusumoto, Warren Schubert

Executive Editors

Edward Ellis III, Kazuo Shimozato

General Editor

Daniel Buchbinder

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Le Fort I, edentulous patients

Definition

Because of maxillary atrophy in edentulous patients, there remains a very small dentoalveolar fragment following Le Fort I fractures.

Le Fort I fracture

Radiographic findings

3-D CT scans show a Le Fort I fracture in the same patient.

Le Fort I fracture
Le Fort I fracture
Le Fort I fracture
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