Calcific metamorphosis: A challenge in endodontic diagnosis and treatment

Quintessence International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 447-455

  Amir, Faisal A ^a   Gutmann, James L ^a   Witherspoon, D E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcific metamorphosis; Calcification; Pulp canal obliteration; Pulp disease; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ENDODONTICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TIME; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE; TOOTH PULP; TOOTH PULP DISEASE;

DENTAL PULP CALCIFICATION; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; DENTAL PULP NECROSIS; HUMANS; PERIAPICAL DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; ROOT CANAL THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH DISCOLORATION; TOOTH INJURIES;

EID: 0035381056     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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