An epidemiological study of tori among 667 dental outpatients in Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies

International Dental Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 300-304

  Al Bayaty, H F ^a   Murti, P R ^a   Matthews, R ^a   Gupta, P C ^a  

^a NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exostosis; Mandible; Oral; Palate; Prevalence; Tori

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; EXOSTOSIS; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; EXOSTOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MAXILLARY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PALATE, HARD; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 0035433540     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1875-595X.2001.tb00842.x     Document Type: Article

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