Erupted compound odontoma: Case report of a 15-year-old Sudanese boy with a history of traditional dental mutilation

British Dental Journal

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-14

  Amailuk, P ^a   Grubor, D ^a  

^a Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLA TUMOR; ODONTOGENIC TUMOR; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURE; HUMANS; INCISOR; MALE; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; ODONTOMA; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 38149128208     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.1184     Document Type: Article

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