The frequency of accessory mental foramina in four ethnic groups

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 417-420

  Sawyer, Danny R ^a   Kiely, Michael L ^b   Pyle, Marsha A ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic traits; Mandibular foramen; Mental foramen; Retromolar foramen

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY MENTAL FORAMINA; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAUCASIAN; CHIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN; INNERVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; NEGRO; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHIN; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; PALEONTOLOGY; SEX FACTORS;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0032076647     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(98)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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