The Effect of Smoking on Postoperative Complications Following Mandibular Third Molar Operations: Clinical Research

Abstract

Impacted lower third molar, with an incidence of 66-77%, 1 is the most common impacted tooth. 1 Surgical extraction of impacted lower third molar teeth is a day case surgery performed by the oral and maxillofacial surgeons. 2,3 Impacted third molar removal is one of the common minor oral surgical procedures performed in routine dental practice. 4 Several complications are associated with extraction of impacted mandibular third molars. 5 The most common postoperative complications are pain, edema and trismus whose severity can be affected by various factors and variables. 2,3 It has been scientifically proven that smoking may cause an important, deadly diseases. 6 It may