Relationship between the presence of tonsilloliths and halitosis in patients with chronic caseous tonsillitis

British Dental Journal

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Dal Rio, A C ^a   Franchi Teixeira, A R ^b   Nicola, E M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HALITOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STONE FORMATION; TONSIL; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCULI; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HALITOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TONSIL; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 38749085289     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2007.1106     Document Type: Article

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