Age- and Gender-related Differences in the Position of the Inferior Alveolar Nerve by Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 944-949

  Simonton, Jay D ^a   Azevedo, Bruno ^b   Schindler, William G ^a   Hargreaves, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Age differences; cone beam; endodontic surgery; gender differences; inferior alveolar nerve; mandibular canal; paresthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAW; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH ROOT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 67649195224     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.04.032     Document Type: Article

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