Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 7 , Pages 1303-1308 , July 2007

Third Molar Position: Reliability of Panoramic Radiography

  • Yoichi Nakagawa, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Nakagawa: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, 2-1-3 Tsurumi, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-8501 Japan
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  • Hisako Ishii, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Visiting Assistant Professor, Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
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  • Yoshiaki Nomura, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Department of Preventive Dentistry and Public Health, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
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  • Nobuyuki Y. Watanabe, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Visiting Researcher, Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
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  • Daigo Hoshiba, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Staff, Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
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  • Kaoru Kobayashi, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Department of Oral Radiology, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.
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  • Katsunori Ishibashi, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Second Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Tsurumi University School of Dental Medicine, Yokohama, Japan.

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 This investigation was supported in part by a grant-in-aid for High Technology Research Centers from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.

PII: S0278-2391(06)01942-2

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2006.10.028

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 65, Issue 7 , Pages 1303-1308 , July 2007

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