Anatomy of impacted lower third molars evaluated by computerized tomography: Is there an indication for 3-dimensional imaging?

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

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 547-550

  Lübbers, Heinz Theo ^a,b   Matthews, Felix ^b   Damerau, Georg ^c   Kruse, Astrid L ^a   Obwegeser, Joachim A ^a   Grätz, Klaus W ^a   Eyrich, Gerold K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Private Practice   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOLAR TOOTH; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MOLAR, THIRD; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED;

EID: 79954851398     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tripleo.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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