Open AccessThird molar surgical difficulty scales: systematic review and preoperative assessment form
Author(s) -
Cosme GayEscoda,
Alba SánchezTorres,
Jordi Borrás-Ferreres,
Eduard ValmasedaCastellón
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1698-6946
pISSN - 1698-4447
DOI - 10.4317/medoral.24951
Subject(s) - radiological weapon , protocol (science) , medicine , referral , molar , medline , data extraction , scopus , surgical planning , medical physics , physical therapy , dentistry , surgery , alternative medicine , family medicine , pathology , political science , law
The main objective of this systematic review was to collect the pre-existing scales for assessing the difficulty of third molar extraction. The secondary objective was to design a proposal for a preoperative evaluation protocol for the difficulty of third molar extraction.