Dramatic oral findings belonging to a pica patient: A case report

International Dental Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-30

  Toker, Hulya ^a,b   Ozdemir, Hakan ^a   Ozan, Fatih ^a   Turgut, Mehmet ^a   Goze, Fahrettin ^a   Sencan, Mehmet ^a   Kantarci, Alpdogan ^a  

^a Faculty of Dentistry ^*

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Iron deficiency; Periodontal disease; Pica

Indexed keywords

EID: 61749085057     PISSN: 00206539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1922/IDJ_2029Toker05     Document Type: Article

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