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Original Article

Mandibular third molar surgery in 396 patients at a Norwegian university clinic: Morbidity recorded after 1 week utilizing an e-infrastructure for clinical research

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Pages 148-154 | Received 28 May 2015, Accepted 03 Sep 2015, Published online: 07 Oct 2015

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