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Fig. 1 | Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

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From: Classification of postoperative edema based on the anatomic division with mandibular third molar extraction

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Assessment of the impacted third molar position in computed tomography according to a previous study [8]. The spatial relationship was classified based on the angle measured between the long axis of the impacted third molar and the adjacent second molar (yellow lines and an asterisk mark). Depth was classified based on the line connecting the cementoenamel junction of the adjacent second molar (dotted blue line)

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