Changes in life quality following third molar surgery - The immediate postoperative period

British Dental Journal

Volumn 194, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 265-268

  McGrath, C ^a   Comfort, M B ^a   Lo, E C M ^a   Luo, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTAL SURGERY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRISMUS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; MANDIBLE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; EDEMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MANDIBLE; MOLAR, THIRD; ORAL HEALTH; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PARESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TRISMUS;

EID: 0038621788     PISSN: 00070610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4809930     Document Type: Article

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