Characteristics of disease related to mesio-angular mandibular third molar teeth

L. W. McArdle; J. Jones; F. McDonald

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.02.002

Characteristics of disease related to mesio-angular mandibular third molar teeth

L. W. McArdle^*, J. Jones, F. McDonald

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Barts and The London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry

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The aim of this study was to identify the indications for the removal of mesio-angular mandibular third molars based on age and dental health as measured by the DMFT (decayed, missing, and filled teeth) score, and to find out if early intervention should be considered. We studied 319 patients who had 431 mesio-angular mandibular third molars removed. Variables recorded were age, primary indication for removal, and the DMFT score. Indications for removal included distal cervical caries (DCC) in the mandibular second molar (n = 180, 44%), pericoronitis (n = 131, 32%), and caries and related disease (n = 62, 15%). The frequency of distal cervical caries (DCC) in the mandibular second molar increased linearly as patients became older and was the most common reason why mesio-angular third molar teeth were removed. This suggests that patients should be advised of the consequences of retaining thesetypes of third molars, and offered prophylactic removal of asymptomatic teeth.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	306-311
Number of pages	6
Journal	British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume	57
Issue number	4
Early online date	3 Apr 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.02.002
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2019

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disease
oral surgery
third molar

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