Treponema denticola in disseminating endodontic infections

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 761-765

  Foschi, F ^a,b   Izard, J ^a   Sasaki, H ^a   Sambri, V ^c   Prati, C ^b   Muller R ^d   Stashenko, P ^a  

^a FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disseminating infection; Micro computed tomography; Periapical lesion; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Tannerella forsythia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747847417     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910608500814     Document Type: Article

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