Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 9 , Pages 1343-1352 , September 2006

Relative Frequency of Central Odontogenic Tumors: A Study of 1,088 Cases from Northern California and Comparison to Studies from Other Parts of the World

  • Amos Buchner, DMD, MSD

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chairman, Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, The Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Buchner: Department of Oral Pathology, and Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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  • Phillip W. Merrell, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA.
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  • William M. Carpenter, DDS, MS

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Chairman, Department of Pathology and Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA.

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 The study was supported by the Ed and Herb Stein Chair in Oral Pathology, Tel Aviv University, Israel.

PII: S0278-2391(06)00672-0

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.05.019

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 9 , Pages 1343-1352 , September 2006

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