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Letter to the Editor about the article published in Clinical Oral Investigations titled “The contralateral-based submental artery island flap: feasibility and oncological safety in oral cancer-related defect reconstruction” (Ma J, Zhai X, Huang M, Li P, Liang Y, Ouyang D, Su YX, Yang WF, Liao G, Zhang S. Clin Oral Investig, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-023-05103-1)

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This study was funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number: 82160189); Open Project of Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration (grant number: 2022kqhm008); Xinjiang Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation Project (grant number: XJ2023G174); and Tianshan Innovation Team of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (grant number: 2021D14001).

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology & Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, School/Hospital of Stomatology, Stomatological Research Institute of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, No. 137 Liyushan South Road, Urumqi, 830054, People’s Republic of China

    Chen-xi Li, Wei Wei, Mu-qiu Li & Zhong-cheng Gong

  2. Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Development and Regeneration, School of Stomatology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China

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C. Li wrote the main manuscript text and prepared Fig. 1. W. Wei, M. Li, and Z. Gong revised the manuscript. All authors reviewed the manuscript.

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Li, Cx., Wei, W., Li, Mq. et al. Letter to the Editor about the article published in Clinical Oral Investigations titled “The contralateral-based submental artery island flap: feasibility and oncological safety in oral cancer-related defect reconstruction” (Ma J, Zhai X, Huang M, Li P, Liang Y, Ouyang D, Su YX, Yang WF, Liao G, Zhang S. Clin Oral Investig, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-023-05103-1). Clin Oral Invest 27, 6273–6275 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-023-05226-5

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