Can preoperative imaging help to predict postoperative outcome after wisdom tooth removal? A randomized controlled trial using panoramic radiography versus cone-beam CT

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 335-342

  Guerrero, Maria Eugenia ^a   Botetano, Raul ^b   Beltran, Jorge ^c   Horner, Keith ^d   Jacobs, Reinhilde ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN MARTÍN DE PORRES   (Peru)

^c IMAGENES CBCT Diagnostic Center   (Peru)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cone beam computed tomography; Impacted tooth; Panoramic radiography; Postoperative complication; Third molar

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MOLAR TOOTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGERY; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOLAR, THIRD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, PANORAMIC; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 84891556359     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-013-0971-x     Document Type: Article

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