Accuracy of digital and film panoramic radiographs for assessment of position and morphology of mandibular third molars and prevalence of dental anomalies and pathologies

Dentomaxillofacial Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 109-115

  Benediktsdottir, I S ^a,b,c   Hintze, H ^a   Petersen, J K ^a   Wenzel, A ^a  

^a Royal Dental College   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Molar, third; Radiography, dental, digital; Radiography, panoramic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; JAW CYST; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH MALFORMATION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH SAC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAW CYSTS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR, THIRD; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 0042422048     PISSN: 0250832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/15999089     Document Type: Article

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