JOURNAL OF ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY, cilt.66, sa.10, ss.2004-2011, 2008 (SCI-Expanded)
Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the proliferative potentials of dental follicles (DF) of radiographically asymptomatic impacted third molar teeth by using Ki-67 and mini-chromosome maintenance protein 2 (MCM-2) proliferation markers, and to discuss whether there is any necessity for the removal of all impacted third molars by detecting the potential of the developing cysts and tumors; of its DF.