A regimen of systematic periodontal care after removal of impacted mandibular third molars manages periodontal pockets associated with the mandibular second molars

Journal of Clinical Periodontology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 725-731

  Leung, W Keung ^a   Corbet, Esmonde F ^a   Kwok, Wing Kan ^a   Lo, Edward C M ^a   Liu, Jerry K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Extraction; Impacted tooth; Periodontal pocket; Periodontitis; Third molar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTICS; RANDOMIZATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH ROOT; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL SCALING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR; MOLAR, THIRD; PERIODONTAL POCKET; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SAMPLE SIZE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUBGINGIVAL CURETTAGE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 21544468026     PISSN: 03036979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.2005.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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