Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 911-917 , May 2008

Pain Experience After Simple Tooth Extraction

  • Taiseer Hussain Al-Khateeb, BDS, MScD, FDSRCSE, FFDRCSI

      Affiliations

    • Associate Professor, Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Al-Khateeb: Jordan University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, JUST, PO Box 3030, Irbid 22110, Jordan
    • ,
  • Amir Alnahar, BDS, MDSc

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice, Jerash, Jordan

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PII: S0278-2391(07)02134-9

doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.12.008

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 5 , Pages 911-917 , May 2008

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