[New criteria for the characterization of facies leprosa]
Related Experiment Videos
J A Freitas1, W M dos Santos, D V Opromolla
1Departamento de Estomatologia Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru da USP. Hospital de Pesquisa e Reabilitação de Lesões Lábio-palatais.
Hansenologia Internationalis
|January 1, 1986
Abstract:
Facies leprosa was characterized by a combination of nasal change and resorption of nasal bone, anterior nasal spine, supra-incisive alveolar region and anterior alveolar process of the maxilae, associated with the loss of upper incisors teeth, according to the criteria of radiographic interpretation.