Exposed root surface: A review of aetiology, management and evidence-based outcomes of treatment

New Zealand Dental Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 72-81

  Lovegrove, Joanne ^a   Leichter, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE; GINGIVA DISEASE; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATINIZATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOOTH BRUSHING; TOOTH INJURY; TOOTH PLAQUE; TOOTH ROOT CANAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GINGIVA; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TOOTH ROOT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4544284572     PISSN: 00288047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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