Efficacy of clinical and radiological methods to identify second mesiobuccal canals in maxillary first molars

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 205-209

  Abuabara, Allan ^a   Baratto Filho, Flares ^b   Aguiar Anele, Juliana ^b   Leonardi, Denise Piotto ^b   Sousa Neto, Manoel Damião ^c  

^a Health Division   (Brazil)

^b POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Molar; Molar abnormalities; Molar analysis; Molar anatomy and histology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ODONTOMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH PULP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC VARIATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CAVITY PREPARATION; DENTAL PULP CAVITY; HUMANS; MAXILLA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; ODONTOMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871506633     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016357.2011.654262     Document Type: Article

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