Diagnosing protracted submasseteric abscess: The role of computed tomography

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1646-1650

  Mandel, Louis ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Sch Dent Oral Surg ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASSETER MUSCLE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; TOOTH INFECTION; TRISMUS;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIA; FEMALE; FOCAL INFECTION, DENTAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MASSETER MUSCLE; PAROTID DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRISMUS;

EID: 0030277108     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.1996.0101     Document Type: Article

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