Relationship between the risk of mandibular angle fractures and the status of incompletely erupted mandibular third molar

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 158-163

  Iida, Seiji ^a,b   Hassfeld, Stefan ^a   Reuther, Tobias ^c   Nomura, Kimiko ^b   Mühling, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incompletely erupted tooth; Lower third molar; Mandibular angle fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE FRACTURE; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH ERUPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MANDIBULAR FRACTURES; MOLAR, THIRD; RISK FACTORS; TOOTH, UNERUPTED;

EID: 18144392719     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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