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Third molars: A review

Journal of Indian Academy of Oral Medicine and Radiology, 2009
Background: Third molars are teeth that have little functional value and a relatively high rate of associated pain and disease. Their value, as part of the dentition of modern people, is dubious.
E Siva Prasad Reddy, Y Narendranath Reddy   +1 more
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Prevalence of eruption status of third molars in Libyan students

Dental Research Journal, 2012
Background: The aim of the present study is to determine the number of third molars per person, angulation, level, amount of space for eruption of third molar between ramus of mandible and second molar and the eruption status of third molar in a group of
Sujata Byahatti, Mohammed S. H. Ingafou
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Presence of third molars in orthodontic patients from northern Greece

International Journal of General Medicine, 2012
Georgia Barka,1 Georgios Tretiakov,1 Theodosios Theodosiou,2 Ioulia Ioannidou-Marathiotou31School of Dentistry, 2Biostatistics, Department of Informatics, School of Natural Sciences, 3Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Aristotle University ...
Barka G, Tretiakov G, Theodosiou T, Ioannidou-Marathiotou I   +3 more
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Quality of life following third molar removal under conscious sedation [PDF]

, 2012
Aim: The aim of this study was to assess quality of life (QoL) and degree of satisfaction among outpatients subjected to surgical extraction of all four third molars under conscious sedation.
Valmaseda Castellón, E., Gay Escoda, Cosme, Berini Aytés, Leonardo, Valmaseda Castellón, Eduardo, Sancho Puchades, Manuel   +4 more
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Do Third Molars Play a Role in Second Molars Undergoing Endodontic Treatment? [PDF]

, 2021
Background and aim: This study evaluated the rates of second molars undergoing endodontic treatment due to partially or fully erupted lower and upper third molars. Materials and Methods: Radiographic data from 579 patients were analyzed to calculate the
Mehmet Burak Guneser, Betül Aycan Uysal, Bilal Kaya   +2 more
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Legal age determined by a new threshold value of third molar maturity index in subjects with impacted mandibular third molars: An orthopantomographic study in south Indian adolescents

, 2021
Third molars are one of the few biological markers available for age estimation in juveniles, especially for the estimation of the 18-year-age threshold.
Balla, Sudheer Babu, Bojji, Manasa, Nambi, Nandha Krishna, Kondakamalli, Subhashini, Vankdoth, Deepika, Mula, Asa Priyanka, Chinnala, Bhavana, Nambi, Saravanan, Tadakamadla, Santosh Kumar, Nandha Krishna Nambi, Santosh Kumar Tadakamadla, Sudheer Babu Balla, Subhashini Kondakamalli, Bhavana Chinnala, Manasa Bojji, Deepika Vankdoth, Saravanan Nambi, Asa Priyanka Mula   +17 more
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Non-Impacted Third Molars: Angels or Devils?

, 2023
Third molars, also known as wisdom teeth, are located in the most posterior of the tooth arch [...
Bei-Min Tian, Rui Gao, Rui-Xin Wu, Fa-Ming Chen   +3 more
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Simple Mechanics to Upright Horizontally Impacted Molars with Ramus Screws

Orthodontic Journal of Nepal, 2016
Simplified mechanics are reported for uprighting horizontally impacted mandibular molars with ramus bone screws. A 27-year-old male presented with a chief complaint of food impaction and problematic occlusion of his posterior teeth.
Shih-Yung Lin, Chris Chang, W. Eugene Roberts   +2 more
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Forensic age estimation based on magnetic resonance imaging of third molars: converting 2D staging into 3D staging

Annals of Human Biology, 2017
Background: Established methods to stage development of third molars for forensic age estimation are based on the evaluation of radiographs, which show a 2D projection.
Jannick De Tobel, Elke Hillewig, Koenraad Verstraete   +2 more
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TO JUSTIFY A DIFFERENTIATED APPROACH TO PRESERVATION OF THIRD MOLARS DURING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT BY DETERMINING THEIR CONDITION AND POSITION IN THE JAW

Український стоматологічний альманах, 2021
No tooth is as problematic for patients as it is for third molars. After erupting later than all teeth, they often have little space in the dentition, or rather in the retromolar space, which should appear, above all, with further growth of the jaws ...
S.І. Doroshenko, I.S. Kuzmenko, K.V. Storozhenko, S.V. Irkha, Kh.M. Demianchuk   +4 more
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