The nasopalatine canal revisited using 2D and 3D CT imaging

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 396-402

  Mraiwa, N ^a   Jacobs, Reinhilde ^a,c   Van Cleynenbreugel, J ^a   Sanderink, G ^b   Schutyser, F ^a   Suetens, P ^a   Van Steenberghe, D ^a   Quirynen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Oral Imaging Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Computed tomography; Nasopalatine canal; Oral implant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NOSE; PALATE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL CAVITY; PALATE, HARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 14044264991     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/53801969     Document Type: Article

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