A useful device for the improvement of maximal interincisor opening after operations of temporomandibular region: the clothes PEG.

J Craniofac Surg

Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Dr Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Kartal Istanbul, Turkey Department of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Dr Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Training and Research Hospital, Kartal Istanbul, Turkey.

Published: November 2013

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