A study of sports-related mandibular angle fracture: Relation to the position of the third molars

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 116-119

  Yamada, T ^a   Sawaki, Y ^a   Tohnai, I ^a   Takeuchi, M ^b   Ueda, M ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mandibular angle fracture; Mandibular third molar; Rugby athlete; Sports related injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SKIING; SPORT; SPORT INJURY; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MARTIAL ARTS; MOLAR, THIRD; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIING; TOOTH, IMPACTED; TOOTH, UNERUPTED;

EID: 0032040006     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.1998.tb00178.x     Document Type: Article

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