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    <language>eng</language>
    <publisher>Science and Education Publishing</publisher>
    <journalTitle>Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Radiology</journalTitle>
    <eissn>2379-5301</eissn>
    <publicationDate>2017-12-19</publicationDate>
    <volume>5</volume>
    <issue>1</issue>
    <startPage>4</startPage>
    <endPage>7</endPage>
    <doi>10.12691/oral-5-1-2</doi>
    <publisherRecordId>ORAL2017512</publisherRecordId>
    <documentType>article</documentType>
    <title language="eng">A Rare Case of Le Fort II Fracture and a Mesiodens</title>
    <authors>
      <author>
        <name>Mamthashri V</name>
        <email>mdh660@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliationId>1</affiliationId>
      </author>
    </authors>
    <affiliationsList>
      <affiliationName affiliationId="1">Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Government Dental College and Research Institute, Bangalore, India</affiliationName>
    </affiliationsList>
    <abstract language="eng">Patients with facial fractures are commonly encountered in the speciality of maxillofacial surgery whereas patients with supernumerary teeth like mesiodens are a rare entity. Mesiodens is seen as a supernumerary tooth between the maxillary central incisors. The association of a mesiodens with a Le Fort fracture is a rare finding. This paper intends to report a case of Le Fort II fracture in association with a mesiodens and the management of the fracture and the tooth associated with it.</abstract>
    <fullTextUrl format="pdf">http://pubs.sciepub.com/oral/5/1/2/oral-5-1-2.pdf</fullTextUrl>
    <keywords language="eng">
      <keyword>Le Fort II fracture</keyword>
      <keyword>mesiodens</keyword>
      <keyword>supernumerary teeth</keyword>
    </keywords>
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