Dental Abstracts
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 4-5 , January 2010

Wisdom tooth extraction: Goals gone wild

  • Thomas B. Dodson, DMD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationVisiting Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Director, Center for Applied Clinical Investigation, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

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PII: S0011-8486(09)00410-5

doi: 10.1016/j.denabs.2009.09.001

Dental Abstracts
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 4-5 , January 2010

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