Anterior loop of the mental nerve: A morphological and radiographic study

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 464-471

  Kuzmanovic, Dusan V ^a   Payne, Alan G T ^a,b   Kieser, Jules A ^a   Dias, George J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anatomical dissection; Anterior loop of mental nerve; Implant treatment planning; Radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CHIN; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CHIN; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC;

EID: 0141497373     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0501.2003.00869.x     Document Type: Article

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