Bifid mandibular condyle: Case report and etiological considerations

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 158-162

  Oliveira De Sales, Marcelo Augusto ^a,b   Do Amaral, José Ivo ^b   De Amorim, Rivadávio Fernandes Batista ^b   De Almeida Freitas, Roseana ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Jaw abnormalities radiography; Mandibular condyle abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FACE ASYMMETRY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JAW MALFORMATION; MALE; MANDIBLE CONDYLE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; ORAL SURGERY; ORTHODONTICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; JAW ABNORMALITIES; JAW FIXATION TECHNIQUES; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 23444458248     PISSN: 14882159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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