Effective treatment of self-injurious oral trauma in Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: A case report

Dental Traumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 496-500

  Arhakis, Aristidis ^a   Topouzelis, Nikolaos ^a   Kotsiomiti, Eleni ^a   Kotsanos, Nikolaos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BITE; CASE REPORT; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; LESCH NYHAN SYNDROME; LIP; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTOR; ORTHODONTICS; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BITES, HUMAN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LESCH-NYHAN SYNDROME; LIP; MALE; MOUTH PROTECTORS; OCCLUSAL SPLINTS; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE DESIGN; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449291214     PISSN: 16004469     EISSN: 16009657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-9657.2010.00930.x     Document Type: Article

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