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Complications of Retention: Pathology Associated with Retained Third Molars

  • J. Michael McCoy
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    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, 1928 Alcoa Highway, Suite 305, Knoxville, TN 37920.
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    Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, 1928 Alcoa Highway, Suite 305, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA

    Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, 1928 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA

    Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, 1928 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA

    Hyperbaric Therapy, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tennessee Medical Center, 1928 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920, USA
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cxom.2012.06.002
Complications of Retention: Pathology Associated with Retained Third Molars
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