Morphometric analysis of the furcation anatomy of mandibular molars

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 824-829

  Santana, Ronaldo B ^a,b   Uzel, M Ilhan ^a,e   Gusman, Heloisa ^a,c   Gunaydin, Yilmaz ^d   Jones, Judith A ^a,e   Leone, Cataldo W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^e VA Ctr for Health Quality Outcomes   (United States)

Author keywords

Furcation therapy; Guided tissue regeneration; Molar anatomy and histology; Outcome assessment; Periodontal attachment loss diagnosis; Periodontal diseases diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTURE; ENAMEL; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOMETRICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; TOOTH ROOT;

FURCATION DEFECTS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; ODONTOMETRY; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 3543028702     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2004.75.6.824     Document Type: Article

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