References
- Friedman JW. Containing the cost of third-molar extractions: a dilemma for health insurance. Public Health Rep. 1983;98:376–84.
- Tulloch JFC, Antczak-Bouckoms AA, Ung N. Evaluation of the costs and relative effectiveness of alternative strategies for the surgery of mandibular third molars. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 1990;6:505–15.
- Mercier P, Precious D. Risks and benefits of surgery of impacted third molars. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1992;21:17–27.
- Friedman JW, Atchison KA. The standard of care: an ethical responsibility of public health dentistry. J Public Health Dent. 1993;53:165–9.
- Brickley M, Kay E, Shepherd JP, Armstrong RA. Decision analysis for lower-third-molar surgery. Med Decis Making. 1995;15:143–51.
- Stanley HR, Alattar M, Collett WK, Stringfellow HR, Spiegel EH. Pathological sequelae of “neglected” impacted third molar. J Oral Pathol. 1988;17:113–7.
- Eliasson S, Heimdahl A, Nordenram Å. Pathological changes related to long-term impaction of third molars. A radiographic study. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1989;18:210–2.
- Garcia RI, Chauncey HH. The eruption of third molars in adults: a 10-year longitudinal study. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1989;68:9–13.
- Ahlqwist M, Gröndahl H-G. Prevalence of impacted teeth and associated pathology in middle-aged and older Swedish women. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1991;19:116–9.
- Landes DP. The relationship between dental health and variations in the level of third molar removals experienced by populations. Community Dent Health. 1998;15:67–71.
- Shepherd JP, Brickley MR. Surgical removal of third molars (Editorial). Br Med J. 1994;309:620–1.
- Nordenram Å, Hultin M, Kjellman O, Ramström G. Indications for surgical removal of the mandibular third molar. Study of 2,630 cases. Swed Dent J. 1987;11:23–9.
- Rice DP. Cost-of-illness studies: fact or fiction? Lancet. 1994;344:1519–20.
- Drummond MF, O’Brian B, Stoddart G, Torrance G. Methods for the economic evaluation of health care programmes. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1997. p 54.
- Statistics Sweden. Wage and salary structures and employment in county councils. Average monthly salary by occupational group. [Updated 26 May 2009; cited 26 August 2009]. Available from: http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart_28319.aspx.
- KällestÅl C, Oscarson N, Holm AK. Costs for prevention of dental caries in a group of Swedish teenagers. Swed Dent J. 1997;21:193–7.
- Oscarson N, KällestÅl C, Karlsson G. Methods of evaluating dental care costs in the Swedish public dental health care sector. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1998;26:160–5.
- Svedberg Y, Malmqvist J, Johnsson T. A method for the dental care activities time study using observer monitored counting of frequencies. Swed Dent J. 1993;17:155–63.
- Statistics Sweden. Consumer Price Index (CPI). [Updated 11 August 2009; cited 26 August 2009]. Available from: http://www.scb.se/Pages/TableAndChart_256273.aspx.
- Berge TI. Inability to work after surgical surgery of mandibular third molars. Acta Odontol Scand. 1997;55:64–9.
- Edwards MJ, Brickley MR, Goodey RD, Shepherd JP. The cost, effectiveness and cost effectiveness of removal and retention of asymptomatic, disease free third molars. Br Dent J. 1999;187:380–4.
- Friedman JW. The prophylactic extraction of third molars: a public hazard. Am J Public Health. 2007;97:1554–9.