Prevalence of taurodontism in Jordanian dental patients

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 163-165

  Darwazeh, A M G ^a   Hamasha, A A H ^a   Pillai, K ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Tooth; Tooth abnormalities; Tooth root

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH PULP;

ADULT; AGED; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 0032060234     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600342     Document Type: Article

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