Surveillance as a management strategy for retained third molars: Is it desirable?

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 9 SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Dodson, Thomas B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DENTIST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; PERIODONTICS; RADIOGRAPHY;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MOLAR, THIRD; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TOOTH ERUPTION; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH, IMPACTED; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84865228115     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: 15315053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2012.04.026     Document Type: Article

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