The position of the mandibular canal and histologic feature of the inferior alveolar nerve

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-42

  Kilic, Cenk ^a   Kamburoglu K ^a,b   Ozen, T ^a   Balcioglu, H A ^c   Kurt, B ^a   Kutoglu, T ^d   Ozan, H ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Implant placement; Inferior alveolar nerve; Mandible; Mandibular canal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDENTULOUSNESS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; NERVE INJURY; PREMOLAR TOOTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72249083390     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20889     Document Type: Article

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