Influence of the location of the parotid duct orifice on oral clearance

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 274-278

  Suzuki, Akira ^a   Watanabe, Shigeru ^a   Ono, Yoshiaki ^a   Ohashi, Hideo ^a   Pai, Chenghua ^a   Xing, Xianghui ^b   Wang, Xiaojing ^b  

^a Meikai University   (Japan)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Maxillary molars; Oral clearance; Parotid duct orifice; Parotid saliva flow rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA; METABOLISM; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH; PAROTID GLAND; PHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLAND DUCT; SECRETION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); SECRETION RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; MOUTH; PAROTID GLAND; SALIVA; SALIVARY DUCTS; SECRETORY RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849133675     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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