Most patients with asymptomatic, disease-free third molars elect extraction over retention as their preferred treatment

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2935-2942

  Kinard, Brian E ^a   Dodson, Thomas B ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR, THIRD; PATIENT PREFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649467360     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2010.07.058     Document Type: Article

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