IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v18y2021i11p6016-d568284.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Pattern of Mandibular Third Molar Impaction and Assessment of Surgery Difficulty: A Retrospective Study of Radiographs in East Baltic Population

Author

Listed:
  • Aleksandra Jaroń

    (Department of Oral Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72/18, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland)

  • Grzegorz Trybek

    (Department of Oral Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72/18, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland)

Abstract

Classifications of impacted teeth allow defining the type and degree of retention, as well as assessing the degree of difficulty of the procedure. The aim of this study was to conduct retrospective analysis of the degree of retention and difficulty in the surgical removal of impacted mandibular third molars in the clinical material of the Department of Oral Surgery in 2013–2018. This study included 1585 dental panoramic radiographs of patients of the Department of Oral Surgery, who reported in 2013–2018, in order to perform surgical removal of the impacted mandibular third molar. Based on dental panoramic radiographs, the degree of retention was determined based on classifications according to Winter, according to Pell and Gregory, according to Tetsch and Wagner, and according to Asanami and Kasazaki. The difficulty of the procedure was also assessed based on the Pederson index. The most common types of lower wisdom tooth impaction are as follows: in Winter’s classification, mesial-angular impaction; in Tetsch and Wagner’s classification, oblique medial-angular impaction; in Pell and Gregory’s classification, impaction grade 2A; and in Asanami and Kasazaki’s classification, 3A and anterior inclination. In most cases of surgical removal of an impacted tooth, the anticipated difficulty of the procedure was rated as very difficult.

Suggested Citation

  • Aleksandra Jaroń & Grzegorz Trybek, 2021. "The Pattern of Mandibular Third Molar Impaction and Assessment of Surgery Difficulty: A Retrospective Study of Radiographs in East Baltic Population," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-15, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:11:p:6016-:d:568284
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/11/6016/pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/11/6016/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Grzegorz Trybek & Justyna Rydlińska & Magda Aniko-Włodarczyk & Aleksandra Jaroń, 2021. "Effect of Platelet-Rich Fibrin Application on Non-Infectious Complications after Surgical Extraction of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(16), pages 1-14, August.
    2. Anna Starzyńska & Magdalena Kaczoruk-Wieremczuk & Michele Antonio Lopez & Pier Carmine Passarelli & Paulina Adamska, 2021. "The Growth Factors in Advanced Platelet-Rich Fibrin (A-PRF) Reduce Postoperative Complications after Mandibular Third Molar Odontectomy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(24), pages 1-16, December.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:11:p:6016-:d:568284. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.