Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 878-881 , May 2008

The Effect of Informed Consent on Stress Levels Associated With Extraction of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars

  • Nardy Casap, DMD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Casap: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hadassah Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University, PO Box 12272, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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  • Michael Alterman, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Graduate Student, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel.
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  • Guy Sharon, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice, Rishon Lezion, Israel.
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  • Yuval Samuni, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Instructor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel.

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 The work of M.A. was completed as partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree.

PII: S0278-2391(07)01808-3

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.08.021

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 878-881 , May 2008

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