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Effects of a single condylar neck fracture without condylar cartilage injury on traumatic heterotopic ossification around the temporomandibular joint in mice.
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology and oral radiology - 1 Feb 2018
Ouyang Ningjuan, Zhu Xiaofang, Li Hongliang, Lin Yuheng, Shi Jun, Dai Jiewen, Shen Guofang
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: In this study, we tried to explore the effects of a single condylar neck fracture without condylar cartilage injury during the pathogenesis process of traumatic heterotopic ossification around the temporomandibular joint (THO-TMJ). STUDY DESIGN: One-month-old C57 BL/6 J male mice were divided into 2 groups. In group 1, condylar cartilage was partially removed in the right joint to induce THO. In group...
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