Racial variations in the extent of tooth root translucency in ageing individuals

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-19

  Whittaker, David K ^a   Bakri, Marina M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age determination; Race; Sclerosis; Teeth

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CALCINOSIS; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; DENTIN; DENTISTRY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH ROOT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION BY TEETH; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALCINOSIS; CHINA; COLORING AGENTS; DENTIN; DENTIN, SECONDARY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FORENSIC DENTISTRY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIA; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 0029678325     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(95)00100-X     Document Type: Article

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