Radiographic parameters: Biological significance and clinical use

Periodontology 2000

Volumn 39, Issue , 2005, Pages 73-90

  Brägger, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; JAW; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; FURCATION DEFECTS; HUMANS; PERIODONTITIS; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 26944480128     PISSN: 09066713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0757.2005.00128.x     Document Type: Review

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