Bifid tongue - A complication of tongue piercing

British Dental Journal

Volumn 198, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 265-266

  Fleming, P S ^a   Flood, T R ^a  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; BIFID TONGUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIATHERMY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; SHORT SURVEY; SUTURE; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY PIERCING; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; TONGUE;

EID: 16244398712     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4812117     Document Type: Short Survey

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