Does three-dimensional imaging offer a financial benefit for treating maxillary molars with furcation involvement? - A pilot clinical case series

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-358

  Walter, Clemens ^a,b   Weiger, Roland ^a   Dietrich, Thomas ^b   Lang, Niklaus P ^c   Zitzmann, Nicola U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

3D imaging; Cone beam computed tomography; Cost benefit analysis; Maxillary furcation surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857059010     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0501.2011.02330.x     Document Type: Article

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