Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 109-113 , June 2010

Refractory apical periodontitis associated with a calculus-like deposit at the root apex

  • Cheng-Mei Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yao-Dung Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate School of Dental Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shue-Fen Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Stomatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Shih-Pai Road, Section 2, Taipei 11221, Taiwan

Received 11 February 2010 ,Accepted 20 April 2010.

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PII: S1991-7902(10)60015-3

doi: 10.1016/S1991-7902(10)60015-3

Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 5, Issue 2 , Pages 109-113 , June 2010

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