Oral piercing: Complications and side effects

American Journal of Dentistry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 340-344

  Levin, Liran ^a,b   Zadik, Yehuda ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY PIERCING; HUMAN; MOUTH DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TOOTH DISEASE;

BODY PIERCING; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 36148943960     PISSN: 08948275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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