Is periodontal breakdown a fractal process? Simulations using the Weierstrass-Mandelbrot function

Journal of Periodontal Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 300-307

  Landini, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer model; Fractal geometry; Periodontal disease; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FRACTALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031111515     PISSN: 00223484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1997.tb00538.x     Document Type: Article

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