Open AccessPrevalence of patterns of impacted third molars
Author(s) -
Seyed Hadi Hosseini,
Zahra Mazareii Fard,
Donya Maleki
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of craniomaxillofacial research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2345-6213
pISSN - 2345-5489
DOI - 10.18502/jcr.v7i1.4012
Subject(s) - impaction , medicine , dentistry , molar , impacted tooth , orthodontics , retrospective cohort study , oral and maxillofacial surgery , radiography , wisdom tooth , population , surgery , environmental health
Aim: As the patterns of impaction can affect the treatment plan of removing or remaining the impacted tooth, the difficulty of surgery, and the post-surgical complications, this survey aimed for assessment of the mandibular wisdom tooth impaction patterns in terms of angulation and depth in the north population of Iran.
Materials and Methods: 196 Panoramic radiographs were gathered from patients attending to the department of oral and maxillofacial surgery of GUMS in 2018-2019. To perform this retrospective study the prevalence of impaction, angulation, and the level of the eruption were assessed. The data were analyzed by SPSS 16.
Results: This study found that the most common pattern of impacted mandibular third molars was level B in terms of depth and mesioangular in terms of angulation.
Conclusion: The current study notes the importance of determining the angulation and level of wisdom tooth in designing the pre-surgical treatment and in post-surgical complaints