title: Special Contribution: Third Molar Clinical Trials Annotated Bibliography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide clinicians with an annotated bibliography of published articles from research funded externally by the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation, spanning 1996 to 2015, addressing the topic of third molar management.
  
  
  METHODS
  A brief summary for each article was generated by the respective authors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The complete annotated bibliography generated by the authors is included in the Appendix.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The annotated bibliography provides clinicians and other interested individuals with a summary of current literature emanating from clinical studies on third molar topics.
authors.affiliation: Dalton L. McMichael Distinguished Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. Electronic address: ray_white@unc.edu.
authors.forename: Raymond P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: White
authors.affiliation: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Elda L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Fisher
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Caitlin B L
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Magraw
authors.affiliation: Resident, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Phero
authors.affiliation: Dental Student, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Omar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Abdelbaky
authors.affiliation: Dental Student, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sherwood
authors.affiliation: Dental Student, School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Blake
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery*; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D011788:Quality of Life