Assessment of pharyngeal airway space using Cone-Beam Computed Tomography

Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 150-158

  dos Reis Zinsly, Sabrina ^a   de Moraes, Luiz César ^a   de Moura, Paula ^a   Ursi, Weber ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cone Beam Computed Tomography; Pharynx; Upper airway space

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858275054     PISSN: 21769451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S2176-94512010000500018     Document Type: Article

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