Preoperative imaging procedures for lower wisdom teeth removal

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 291-302

  Flygare, Lennart ^a   Öhman, Anders ^a  

^a SUNDERBY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nervous system trauma; Neurologic manifestations; Radiography; Third molar; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MOLAR TOOTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOLAR, THIRD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, DENTAL; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 55749093215     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-008-0200-1     Document Type: Review

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