Root growth during molar eruption in extant great apes

Frontiers of Oral Biology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2009, Pages 128-133

  Kelley, Jay ^a   Dean, Christopher ^a   Ross, Sasha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMINID; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH ROOT;

ANIMALS; HOMINIDAE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH ROOT;

EID: 77649195004     PISSN: 14202433     EISSN: 16623770     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000242404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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