title: Comment on the overuse of surgical procedures.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Safirstein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D009971:Orthodontics, Corrective; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000191:economics; D013515:Surgery, Oral / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014081:Tooth Extraction