Are different imaging methods affecting the treatment decision of extractions of mandibular third molars? Methodological and statistical issues

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¹ 1 Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora/Governador Valadares Campus , Governador Valadares , Brazil.
² 2 Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas , Piracicaba , Brazil.
³ 3 Department of Oral Diagnosis, Division of Oral Radiology, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas , Piracicaba , Brazil.

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Francielle Silvestre Verner et al. Dentomaxillofac Radiol. 2018 Jul.

. 2018 Jul;47(5):20180043.

doi: 10.1259/dmfr.20180043. Epub 2018 Mar 29.

¹ 1 Department of Dentistry, Federal University of Juiz de Fora/Governador Valadares Campus , Governador Valadares , Brazil.
² 2 Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas , Piracicaba , Brazil.
³ 3 Department of Oral Diagnosis, Division of Oral Radiology, Piracicaba Dental School, State University of Campinas , Piracicaba , Brazil.

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Are different imaging methods affecting the treatment decision of extractions of mandibular third molars?
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