Anatomical variation in arterial supply of the mandible with special regard to implant placement

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 367-371

  Loukas, M ^a,b   Kinsella Jr , C R ^a   Kapos, T ^c   Tubbs, R S ^d   Ramachandra, S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

anatomy; hemorrhage; implant; lingual artery; sublingual artery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANINE TOOTH; GINGIVA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INCISOR; MANDIBLE; PREMOLAR TOOTH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; CADAVER; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 41449097407     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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