The mental foramen position in dentate and edentulous Brazilian's mandible;Posición del foramen mental en mandíbulas de Brasileños dentados y desdentados

International Journal of Morphology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 981-987

  Mendonça Amorim, Maise ^a   Bevilacqua Prado, Felippe ^a   Bicalho Borini, Cynthia ^a   Oliveira Bittar, Telmo ^a   Volpato, Maria Cristina ^a   Groppo, Francisco Carlos ^a   Ferreira Caria, Paulo Henrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mandibles; Mental foramen

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650541539     PISSN: 07179367     EISSN: 07179502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-95022008000400033     Document Type: Article

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