Suture needles in oral surgery: Alterations depending on the type and number of sutures

Medicina Oral, Patologia Oral y Cirugia Bucal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Torres Lagares, Daniel ^a   Barranco Piedra, Sebastian ^a   Rodríguez Caballero, Angela ^a   Serrera Figallo, María Angeles ^a   Segura Egea, Juan José ^a   Gutiérrez Pérez, José Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Material testing; Needles; Oral surgery; Scanning electron microscope; Sutures; Third molar

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCISION; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEEDLE; ORAL SURGERY; PERIOSTEUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUTURE; SUTURING METHOD;

NEEDLES; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES;

EID: 84855675015     PISSN: 16984447     EISSN: 16986946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4317/medoral.17266     Document Type: Article

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