Positional changes and eruption of impacted mandibular third molars in young adults: A radiographic 4-year follow-up study

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 604-608

  Hattab, Faiez N ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CEPHALOMETRY; DENTAL OCCLUSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MOLAR; MOLAR, THIRD; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED; TOOTH, UNERUPTED;

EID: 0031308044     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1079-2104(97)90359-0     Document Type: Article

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