Salivary stones: Symptoms, aetiology, biochemical composition and treatment

British Dental Journal

Volumn 217, Issue 11, 2014, Pages E23-

  Kraaij, S ^a,b   Karagozoglu, K H ^a   Forouzanfar, T ^a   Veerman, E C I ^b   Brand, H S ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; MASSAGE; ORAL SURGERY; SALIVARY CALCULI; SALIVATION;

HUMANS; SALIVARY GLAND CALCULI; MASSAGE; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SALIVARY CALCULI; SALIVATION;

EID: 84927549306     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: 14765373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.2014.1054     Document Type: Article

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