Detection of incidental carotid artery calcifications during dental examinations: Panoramic radiography as an important aid in dentistry

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Ertas, Elif Tarim ^a   Sisman, Yildiray ^b  

^a IZMIR KATIP CELEBI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CERVICAL SPINE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID STENOSIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 80052731691     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2011.02.048     Document Type: Article

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