Oral piercing: Dental considerations and the legal situation in Spain

International Dental Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 60-64

  Palacios Sánchez, Begoña ^a   Cerero Lapiedra, Rocío ^a   Campo Trapero, Julián ^a   Esparza Gómez, Germán ^a,b  

^a Complutense University of Madrid ^*

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Legal aspects; Oral complications; Piercing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247498062     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1875-595X.2007.tb00439.x     Document Type: Article

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