The mechanism of gingiva metallic pigmentations formation

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-7

  Joska, Ludek ^a   Venclikova, Zora ^b   Poddana, Marcela ^a   Benada, Oldrich ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Electrochemistry; Gingiva; Microscopy; Pigmentation; Silver compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649166974     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-008-0206-8     Document Type: Article

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