Journal of Dentistry
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 171-175 , May 2002

Detecting patients with low skeletal bone mass

  • Keith Horner

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Oral Radiology, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, UK
    • ,
  • Hugh Devlin

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Prosthodontics, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Restorative Dentistry, Temple University School of Dentistry, 3223 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
    • ,
  • Linda Harvey

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Radiology, University Dental Hospital of Manchester, UK

,Accepted 19 July 2002.

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Journal of Dentistry
Volume 30, Issue 4 , Pages 171-175 , May 2002

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