Lingual and buccal mandibular bone depressions: A review based on 583 cases from a world-wide literature survey, including 69 new cases from Japan

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 281-290

  Philipsen, H P ^a   Takata, T ^b   Reichart, P A ^c,d   Sato, S ^b   Suei, Y ^b  

^a Hiroshima Univ Faculty of Dentistry ^*

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Abt Oralchirurgie Zahnarztliche R   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mandible; Mandibular bone depressions; Salivary glands; Tomography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARCHEOLOGY; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DISEASE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CANINE TOOTH; CHILD; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYOID BONE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPERTROPHY; INCISOR; JAPAN; JAW RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR BONE DEPRESSION; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH CAVITY; OSTEOLYSIS; PAROTID GLAND; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SUBLINGUAL GLAND; SUBMANDIBULAR GLAND; TONGUE; AGE; JAW CYST; JAW DISEASE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; JAW CYSTS; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036718209     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.dmfr.4600718     Document Type: Review

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