Periodontal probing of dental furcations compared with diagnosis by low-dose computed tomography: A case series

Journal of Periodontology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1740-1746

  Laky, Markus ^a   Majdalani, Shaila ^a   Kapferer, Ines ^b   Frantal, Sophie ^a   Gahleitner, André ^a   Moritz, Andreas ^a   Ulm, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alveolar bone loss; Diagnosis; Furcation defects; Periodontal pocket; Periodontitis; Tomography x ray computed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; PATHOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; FEMALE; FURCATION DEFECTS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; PERIODONTAL ATTACHMENT LOSS; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PERIODONTICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84890918422     PISSN: 00223492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1902/jop.2013.120698     Document Type: Article

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