Crown dimensions of the mandibular molars in two ethnic groups in Sri Lanka

Anthropological Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-92

  Peiris, Roshan ^a,b   Nanayakkara, Deepthi ^b   Kageyama, Ikuo ^c  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mandibular molars; Sri Lankan Sinhalese; Sri Lankan Tamil

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645892274     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.00056     Document Type: Article

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