Dental implant placement investigation: Is the anterior loop of the mental nerve clinically relevant?

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 182-185

  Benninger, Brion ^a   Miller, Dan ^a   Maharathi, Anand ^a   Carter, Winthrop ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISSECTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MENTAL NERVE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSORY NERVE; TOOTH IMPLANTATION;

CADAVER; CHIN; DENTAL IMPLANTATION, ENDOSSEOUS; DISSECTION; HUMANS; INCISOR; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING;

EID: 78650289990     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2010.07.060     Document Type: Article

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