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Unerupted and Impacted Teeth: A Guide for Assessment and Treatment

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This chapter provides a comprehensive review of patient assessment and treatment recommendations for patients with unerupted and/or impacted teeth. Risk assessment for treatment options is provided.

“How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

—The Sign of the Four

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    Leon A. Assael

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    Michael T. Goupil

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Assael, L.A. (2019). Unerupted and Impacted Teeth: A Guide for Assessment and Treatment. In: Ferneini, E., Goupil, M. (eds) Evidence-Based Oral Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91361-2_10

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