The prognostic value of panoramic radiography of inferior alveolar nerve damage after mandibular third molar removal: retrospective study of 400 cases

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology and Endodontology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 294-302

  Szalma, József ^a   Lempel, Edina ^a   Jeges, Sára ^a   Szabó, Gyula ^a   Olasz, Lajos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PARESTHESIA; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH ROOT;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR, THIRD; ODDS RATIO; PARESTHESIA; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH ROOT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74149091087     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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