Demonstration of the accessory mental foramen using rotational panoramic radiography compared with cone-beam computed tomography

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1415-1419

  Naitoh, Munetaka ^a   Yoshida, Kazuhito ^a   Nakahara, Kino ^a   Gotoh, Kenichi ^a   Ariji, Eiichiro ^a  

^a AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory mental foramen; Cone beam computed tomography; Dental implant treatment; Rotational panoramic radiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHIN; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80755167716     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2010.02116.x     Document Type: Article

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