Radiographic evaluation of the superior alveolar canal: Measurements of its diameter and of its position in relation to the maxillary sinus floor: A cone beam computerized tomography study

Clinical Oral Implants Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 553-559

  Apostolakis, Dimitrios ^a   Bissoon, Arlana K ^b  

^a Maxillofacial Radiology and Diagnosis Center   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Cone beam computerized tomography; Implants; Sinus lift; Superior alveolar canal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMIC LANDMARK; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAW; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84898435715     PISSN: 09057161     EISSN: 16000501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/clr.12119     Document Type: Article

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