A comparative anthropometric study of the position of the mental foramen in three populations

British Dental Journal

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Santini, A ^a   Alayan, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MANDIBLE; PREMOLAR TOOTH; SKULL; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BICUSPID; CEPHALOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MANDIBLE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; SKULL; TOOTH APEX;

EID: 84857520610     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 17417503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2012.143     Document Type: Article

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