Assessment of Factors Associated With Surgical Difficulty in Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Extraction

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1977-1983

  Gbotolorun, Olalekan Micah ^a   Arotiba, Godwin Toyin ^a   Ladeinde, Akinola Ladipo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOLAR TOOTH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR, THIRD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 34548645222     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.11.030     Document Type: Article

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