Potential risk of asymptomatic osteomyelitis around mandibular third molar tooth for aged people: a computed tomography and histopathologic study.

The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between bone mineral density and histopathological features of mandibular alveolar bone evaluated quantitatively by Hounsfield units [HU] and by histopathology in human subjects. Fifty-six mandibular molars were extracted in 50 patients. Comp...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ikuya Miyamoto, Ayataka Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Morimoto, Tetsu Takahashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3769401?pdf=render