Clinical and radiographic study of orofacial alterations in patients with systemic sclerosis

Systemic sclerosis (SS) is an autoimmune disease with great repercussions on the hard and soft tissues of the orofacial region. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between mandibular osteolysis and mouth opening measurements, duration of disease and presence/absence of teeth. T...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Marcucci, Nitamar Abdala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2009-03-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242009000100014