A retrospective comparison of the location and diameter of the inferior alveolar canal at the mental foramen and length of the anterior loop between American and Taiwanese cohorts using CBCT

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-18

  Chen, Judy Chia Hui ^a   Lin, Li Min ^a,b   Geist, James R ^c   Chen, Jing Yi ^b   Chen, Chung Ho ^a,b   Chen, Yuk Kwan ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior loop; Cone beam computed tomography; Mental foramen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANTERIOR LOOP LENGTH; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL FORAMEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOOTH APEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872619934     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-012-0986-z     Document Type: Article

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