Absence and hypoplasia of the mental foramen detected in CBCT images: A case report

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 731-734

  Da Silva Ramos Fernandes, Luciana Maria Paes ^a   Capelozza, Ana Lúcia Álvares ^a   Rubira Bullen, Izabel Regina Fischer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Mandible; Mental foramen; Panoramic radiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MENTAL FORAMEN ABSENCE; MENTAL FORAMEN HYPOPLASIA; MENTAL NERVE; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC;

EID: 84155167487     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-011-0795-9     Document Type: Article

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