Prediction of maxillary third molar impaction in adolescent orthodontic patients

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 904-911

  Årtun, Jon ^a   Behbehani, Faraj ^a   Thalib, Lukman ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Orthodontic patients; Prediction; Third molar impaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144440029     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: 00033219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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