Third molar outcomes from age 18 to 26: Findings from a population-based New Zealand longitudinal study

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

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 150-155

  Kruger, Esther ^a   Thomson, William Murray ^a   Konthasinghe, Priyangika ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Dental Therapists Training School   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; NEW ZEALAND; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR, THIRD; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 0035433636     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2001.115461     Document Type: Article

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