An accessory mental foramen: A case report

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 098-104

  Çaǧirankaya, Leyla Berna ^a   Kansu, Hilmi ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accessory mental foramen; AMF; Inferior alveolar nerve; Mandible; Mental foramen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; PREMOLAR TOOTH; RADIOGRAPHY;

BICUSPID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR;

EID: 38049125740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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