The mineralized and elongated styloid process: A review of current diagnostic criteria and evaluation strategies

General Dentistry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-59

  Mupparapu, Muralidhar ^a   Robinson, Mark D ^b  

^a RUTGERS SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatric Dentistry

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; BONE; EALES DISEASE; EMBRYOLOGY; HUMAN; MINERALIZATION; NECK; REVIEW; STYLOID PROCESS; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL BONE; TOOTH PAIN; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SYNDROME; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 14744279213     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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