Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 7 , Pages 1030-1037 , July 2006

Comparison of Orthopantomographs and Conventional Tomography Images for Assessing the Relationship Between Impacted Lower Third Molars and the Mandibular Canal

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 Received from the University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil

PII: S0278-2391(06)00385-5

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.03.020

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 64, Issue 7 , Pages 1030-1037 , July 2006

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