An unusual manifestation of actinomycosis infection of the maxilla

General Dentistry

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 191-193

  Motamedi, Mohammad Hosein Kalantar ^a,b  

^a BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTINOMYCOSIS, CERVICOFACIAL; ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY DISEASES; MOLAR, THIRD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40749130827     PISSN: 03636771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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