Spontaneously healed horizontal root fracture in maxillary first premolar: Report of a case

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 120-122

  Çobankara, Funda Kont ^a,c   Üngör, Mete ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Faculty of Dentistry   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Healing; Horizontal root fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAXILLA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; REMISSION; TOOTH FRACTURE; TOOTH ROOT; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; BICUSPID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAXILLA; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOOTH FRACTURES; TOOTH ROOT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33947242332     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2006.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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