Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 8 , Pages 1617-1624 , August 2008

Radiographic Study of the Positional Changes and Eruption of Impacted Third Molars in Young Adults of an Asian Indian Population

  • Sumeet Sandhu, BDS, MDS

      Affiliations

    • Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar (Punjab), India.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Sandhu: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Mall Mandi, G.T. Road, Amritsar (Punjab) – 143006, India
    • ,
  • Tejinder Kaur, BDS, MDS

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Amritsar (Punjab), India.

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.08.015

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 8 , Pages 1617-1624 , August 2008

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