Third Molar Removal: An Overview of Indications, Imaging, Evaluation, and Assessment of Risk

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Marciani, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL SURGERY; GINGIVA DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MOLAR TOOTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; MOLAR, THIRD; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846311440     PISSN: 10423699     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2006.11.007     Document Type: Review

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