Neutral zone approach for denture fabrication for a partial glossectomy patient: A clinical report

Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 390-393

  Ohkubo, Chikahiro ^a   Hanatani, Shigeru ^a   Hosoi, Toshio ^a   Mizuno, Yukihiro ^a  

^a TSURUMI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTURE; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE; TONGUE TUMOR;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DENTURE DESIGN; DENTURE LINERS; DENTURE RETENTION; DENTURE, COMPLETE, LOWER; FEMALE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; LINGUAL FRENUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034304769     PISSN: 00223913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mpr.2000.109508     Document Type: Article

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