Yumika Mukainaka, Shintaro Sukegawa, Hotaka Kawai, Tetsuya Nishida, Minoru Miyake, Hitoshi Nagatsuka
Post-extraction infection is one of the most concerning complications of mandibular third molar extraction, which is the most common procedure in oral and maxillofacial surgery. We investigated risk factors for post-extraction infection by retrospectively analyzing 2,513 teeth/cases of mandibular third molar extraction (1,040 males, 1,473 females) performed at a single medical facility in Kobe, Japan from January 2014 to May 2022. The predictive variables were categorized as patient attributes, health status, and anatomic, pathological, and operative variables that may be associated with post-extraction infection...
March 21, 2024: Journal of Stomatology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery