Screw head design: an experimental study to assess the influence of design on performance.

[1]  H. Terheyden,et al.  Self-adapting washer system for lag screw fixation of mandibular fractures. Part II: In vitro mechanical characterization of 2.3 and 2.7 mm lag screw prototypes and in vivo removal torque after healing. , 1999, Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery : official publication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery.

[2]  K. Gerlach,et al.  Clinical applications of drill free screws in maxillofacial surgery. , 1999, Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery : official publication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery.

[3]  K. Gerlach,et al.  Influence of different pilot hole sizes on torque measurements and pullout analysis of osteosynthesis screws. , 1998, Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery : official publication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery.

[4]  J. Giglio.  Oral and Maxillofacial Trauma , 1997 .

[5]  V. Shetty,et al.  Torsion-axial force characteristics of SR-PLLA screws. , 1997, Journal of cranio-maxillo-facial surgery : official publication of the European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery.

[6]  R. Morgan,et al.  Biomechanical Testing of Titanium Self‐Tapping Versus Pretapped Lag Screw Fixation of Spiral Metacarpal Fractures , 1996, Annals of Plastic Surgery.

[7]  D. Laskin,et al.  Analysis of seating and fracturing torque of bicortical screws. , 1994, Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

[8]  J. Langdon.  Internal fixation of the mandible—a manual of AO/ASIF principles , 1990 .

[9]  S. Krupp,et al.  Osteosynthesis with miniaturized screwed plates in maxillo-facial surgery , 1974 .

[10]  W. L. Foley,et al.  Torque and pullout analysis of six currently available self-tapping and "emergency" screws. , 1993, Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

[11]  B. Spiessl,et al.  Internal fixation of the mandible , 1989 .

[12]  M Champy,et al.  Mandibular osteosynthesis by miniature screwed plates via a buccal approach. , 1978, Journal of maxillofacial surgery.