The value of coronal computer tomograms in fractures of the mandibular condylar process

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 632-639

  Schimming, Ronald ^a   Eckelt, Uwe ^a,b   Kittner, Thomas ^a  

^a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ^*

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033124112     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(99)70147-2     Document Type: Article

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