Gingival and mandibular bone necrosis caused by a paraformaldehyde-containing paste

Endodontics and Dental Traumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 196-198

  Di Felice, R ^a,c   Lombard, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Prosthodontics ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Bone necrosis; Chemical necrosis; Dental pulp devitalization; Gingiva necrosis; Paraformaldehyde

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; POLYMER; TOXAVIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENDODONTICS; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; DENTAL PULP DEVITALIZATION; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; NECROSIS; OSTEONECROSIS; POLYMERS;

EID: 0032132747     PISSN: 01092502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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