Prevalence of torus palatinus in a population of young and adult Israelis

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 623-625

  Gorsky, Meir ^a   Raviv, Mili ^a   Kfir, Ephraim ^a   Moskona, David ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israeli ethnic groups; torus palatinus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXOSTOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JAW DISEASE; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PALATE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TOOTH ARCH;

EID: 0030158141     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(96)00149-5     Document Type: Article

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