A radiographic assessment of enamel thickness in human maxillary incisors

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 825-831

  Harris, Edward F ^a   Hicks, Joseph D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enamel thickness; Incisors; Odontometrics; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIN; ENAMEL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA; ODONTOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THICKNESS; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA; ODONTOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH CROWN;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0032189442     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(98)00061-2     Document Type: Article

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