Palatal perforations: Past and present. Two case reports and a literature review

British Dental Journal

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 267-269

  Bains, M K ^a   Hosseini Ardehali, M ^a  

^a Orpington Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NOSE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; REVIEW; SYPHILIS; TOOTH PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH DISEASES; NOSE DISEASES; ORAL FISTULA; PALATAL OBTURATORS; PALATE, HARD; RESPIRATORY TRACT FISTULA; SYPHILIS;

EID: 24944498723     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4812650     Document Type: Review

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