Alveolar Osteitis is the most common post-surgical complication following extraction of impacted 3rd molar teeth. Various risk factors have been mentioned for this complication including gender, age, and amount of trauma during extraction, difficulty of surgery, inappropriate irrigation, infection, smoking, and oral contraceptive use. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the incidence o...

BACKGROUND Post-operative complications of various degrees of severity are commonly observed in third molar impaction surgery. For this reason, a surgical procedure that decreases the trauma of bone and soft tissues should be a priority for surgeons. In the present study, we compare the efficacy and the post-operative complications of patients to whom two different surgical techniques were appl...

background and aims. impacted lower third molar is found in 90% of the general population. impacted lower third molar surgery may result in periodontal complications on the distal surface of the adjacent second molar. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of flap design on the periodontal status of the second molar after lower third molar surgery. materials and methods. twenty patien...

Pain during extraction of impacted mandibular third molars which can occur despite adequate local anesthesia is termed as “escape pain phenomenon”. Recently, it was described during elevation of a mesioangular impacted mandibular third molar and also while curetting an extracted third molar socket. This phenomenon has been overlooked, as it was previously considered secondary to pressure effect...

Fractures of the mandibular angle are common and mandibular third molars are frequently implicated in their pathogenesis. The study was done to investigate this cause and effect relationship. The objectives were to measure the relationship between presence and status of mandibular third molar (M3) and mandibular angle fracture. Study design was descriptive. It was carried out in the Department ...

A study by Gürbüzer et al. (using scintigraphy) showed that application of PRP on its own to soft tissue‐impacted mandibular third molar extraction sockets failed to increase the osteoblastic activity in postsurgical weeks 1 and 4 in comparison to non‐PRP‐treated sockets.[6] Similarly, in a prospective split‐mouth study conducted by Arenaz‐Búa et al., no further acceleration was observed in bon...

Dentigerous cysts are the most common developmental cysts of the jaws, most frequently associated with impacted mandibular third molar teeth. Bilateral dentigerous cysts are rare and occur typically in association with a developmental syndrome. The reported occurrence of bilateral dentigerous cysts in the absence of a syndrome is rare and, to date, only 11 cases have been described. Here, we re...

Ectopically erupting permanent first molars occur in approximately 3% to 4% of children, and presentation in the mandible is very rare. When the malocclusion warrants a nonextraction treatment plan in the mandible, early correction of an impacted ectopic molar with space regaining is appropriate. The purpose of this case report was to describe and document the correction of a severely impacted ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between the presence of mandibular third molars and the occurrence of carious lesions in the distal aspect of the mandibular second molar. MATERIAL AND METHODS A retrospective cohort study comprising 327 lower third molars extracted in the Oral Surgery and Implantology Master's Degree program of the School of Dentistry of ...

PURPOSE This study was performed to investigate the course of the mandibular canal on panoramic radiography and the visibility of this canal on both panoramic radiography and cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). MATERIALS AND METHODS The study consisted of panoramic radiographs and CBCT images from 262 patients. The course of the mandibular canal, as seen in panoramic radiographs, was classi...