The Morphologic Characteristics of the Distolingual Roots of Mandibular First Molars in a Taiwanese Population

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 643-645

  Chen, Yi Chen ^a   Lee, Ya Yun ^a,b   Pai, Sheng Fang ^a,b   Yang, Shue Fen ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Distolingual root; mandibular first molar; root curvature; root morphology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; ODONTOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; TAIWAN; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; ODONTOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; TAIWAN; TOOTH APEX; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 67349189009     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.01.020     Document Type: Article

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