Comparative Efficacy of Spiral Computed Tomography and Orthopantomography in Preoperative Detection of Relation of Inferior Alveolar Neurovascular Bundle to the Impacted Mandibular Third Molar

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-66

  Jhamb, Aakarsh ^a   Dolas, Rameshwar S ^b   Pandilwar, Prashant K ^c   Mohanty, Sujata ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b DR D Y PATIL DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PARESTHESIA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH SOCKET;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR, THIRD; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TOOTH, IMPACTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349093020     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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