Diagnostic ability of extraoral tuned aperture computed tomography (TACT) for impacted third molars

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-91

  Harase, Yuichi ^a   Araki, Kazuyuki ^a   Okano, Tomohiro ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENTAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; PERIODONTIUM; RADIOLOGY; TOOTH DISEASE; TUNED APERTURE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MOLAR, THIRD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 20444450081     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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