Detection and characterization of the mandibular accessory buccal foramen using CT

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 558-563

  Sisman, Y ^a   Sahman, H ^a   Sekerci, A E ^a   Tokmak, T T ^a   Aksu, Y ^a   Mavili, E ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Accessory mental foramen; Buccal foramen; Computed tomography; Mental foramen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CEPHALOMETRY; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANDIBLE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84866607062     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/63250313     Document Type: Article

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