Prevalence, location and morphology of maxillary sinus septa: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 769-773

  Pommer, Bernhard ^a   Ulm, Christian ^a   Lorenzoni, Martin ^b   Palmer, Richard ^c   Watzek, Georg ^a   Zechner, Werner ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b University Dental Clinic Graz   (Austria)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dental implants; maxillary sinus floor elevation; radiographic diagnosis; sinus anatomy; sinus membrane perforation

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ATROPHY; EDENTULOUSNESS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY SINUS; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TOOTH ARCH;

ANATOMIC VARIATION; ATROPHY; DENTAL ARCH; HUMANS; JAW, EDENTULOUS; MAXILLA; MAXILLARY SINUS;

EID: 84863779554     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: 1600051X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2012.01897.x     Document Type: Review

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