Efficacy of Warm Saline and Chlorhexidine Mouth Rinses in the Prevention of Alveolar Osteitis after Third Molar Surgery: A Comparative Study

Naik, Choubarga; Dany, Subha S; Satpathy, Anup K

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10051-0113

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“…However, there is evidence that some impacted third molars are associated with pathologies such as dental caries, periodontal disease, pericoronitis, cyst/tumours, and root resorption of the adjacent tooth that makes surgery [2][3][4] inevitable. The reported incidence of complications associated with third molar surgery ranges from 4.6% to 5-7 30.9%. Sayed et al reported an incidence rate of 3.7% for intraoperative complications and 8.3% for 7 postoperative complications.…”

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Mandibular third molar surgery: A review of common and uncommon complications

Egbor PE,

Adetunji SG

2021

Ibom Med J

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Background: Third molar surgical extraction is one of the commonest surgical procedures in oral surgery and it is associated with postoperative complications. However, some of these complications are commoner than others and they have variable impacts on the quality of life of the patients.Objective: To review the common and uncommon complications of third molar surgery as reported in the literature.Methods: PubMed, ScienceDirect databases, AJOL, and Google scholar literature search was done to identify related articles on complications of mandibular third molar surgical extractions. Other online materials were also reviewed. The search words used were mandibular, third molar, lower jaw, surgical extraction, common, uncommon, and complicationsResults: Common complications of third molar surgery identified include; postoperative pain, swelling, trismus, infection, dry socket, inferior alveolar and lingual nerve damage, injury to the adjacent tooth, with their attendant impact on the patient’s quality of life.Conclusion: Third molar surgical extractions are associated with certain complications and some of them are unavoidable. Therefore, adequate patients’ education and psychological preparation for the procedure and its sequelae are necessary.

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