Endodontic treatment in taurodontism with Klinefelter's syndrome: A case report

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

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 612-615

  Yeh, Su Chiao ^a,c   Hsu, Te Yao ^b  

^a Department of Dentistry   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH PULP;

ADULT; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; MOLAR; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 0033226977     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(99)70094-6     Document Type: Article

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