Impaction of permanent mandibular second molars in ethnic Chinese schoolchildren

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Cho, Shiu Yin ^a,b   Ki, Yung ^a   Chu, Vanessa ^a   Chan, Joseph ^a  

^a Dental Service   (Hong Kong)

^b Fanling Health Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INVAGINATED TOOTH; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PULP;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; DENS IN DENTE; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MALOCCLUSION, ANGLE CLASS III; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 48849083608     PISSN: 07098936     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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