Radiographic Study of the Positional Changes and Eruption of Impacted Third Molars in Young Adults of an Asian Indian Population

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1617-1624

  Sandhu, Sumeet ^a   Kaur, Tejinder ^a  

^a Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PLANT ROOT; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MANDIBLE; MAXILLA; MOLAR; MOLAR, THIRD; ODONTOGENESIS; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TOOTH CERVIX; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH ROOT; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 47049102790     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.08.015     Document Type: Article

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