Comparison of Orthopantomographs and Conventional Tomography Images for Assessing the Relationship Between Impacted Lower Third Molars and the Mandibular Canal

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1030-1037

  de Melo Albert, Daniela Guimarães ^a   Gomes, Ana Cláudia Amorim ^a   do Egito Vasconcelos, Belmiro Cavalcanti ^b   de Oliveira e Silva, Emanuel Dias ^b   Holanda, Glauce Zamorano ^a  

^a Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ^*

^b The PhD Program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; SAMPLE; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH ROOT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR, THIRD; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL, DIGITAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 33745067153     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.03.020     Document Type: Article

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