Links between anaesthetic modality and nerve damage during lower third molar surgery

British Dental Journal

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-45

  Rehman, K ^a,c   Webster, K ^b   Dover, M S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INJURY; LINGUAL NERVE; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANESTHESIA, DENTAL; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DENTAL SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINGUAL NERVE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RISK FACTORS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, UNERUPTED;

EID: 0037072189     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4801479     Document Type: Article

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