Resting tongue position and its relation to the state of the dentition: A pilot study

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 349-354

  Kotsiomiti, E ^a,b   Kapari, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTITION; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; HABIT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; TONGUE;

ADULT; AGED; DENTITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; MOVEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; TONGUE; TONGUE HABITS;

EID: 0034171145     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2842.2000.00528.x     Document Type: Article

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