Mid-line clefts of the cervical vertebrae - An incidental finding arising from cone beam computed tomography of the dental patient

British Dental Journal

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 303-306

  Popat, H ^a   Drage, N ^a   Durning, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY DENTAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INCISOR; JAW DISEASE; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; INCISOR; MALE; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS II; MAXILLARY DISEASES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SPINAL DISEASES; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 41149131169     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bdj.2008.199     Document Type: Article

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