Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 10 , Pages 1493-1497 , October 2006

Clinical and Anatomical Study of Retromolar Foramen and Canal

  • Burak Bilecenoglu, DDS

      Affiliations

    • PhD Student, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Bilecenoglu: Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Morfoloji Binası, Sıhhiye, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Nihat Tuncer, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey.

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PII: S0278-2391(06)01081-0

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.05.043

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 10 , Pages 1493-1497 , October 2006

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