Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 30-34 , May 2010

Emergency management of dental trauma

  • Tony Skapetis, BDS, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Oral Health, SWAHS, Sydney, Australia
    • Faculty of Dentistry, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Kate Curtis, PhD

      Affiliations

    • St George Hospital Trauma Service, St George Hospital, Gray St, Kogarah, NSW, 2217, Australia
    • School of Nursing, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +612 91132686; fax: +612 91133974.

Received 23 November 2009 ,Accepted 23 November 2009.

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☆ Note: Please note this manuscript is an adaptation from Leslie J, Skapetis T. Faciomaxillary and Dental trauma. In: Curtis, Ramsden, & Friendship, editors. Emergency and trauma nursing. Sydney: Elsevier; 2007.

PII: S1574-6267(09)00254-7

doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2009.11.004

Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 30-34 , May 2010

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