The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery
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Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg · Dec 1985
An investigation into post-operative pain after third molar surgery under local analgesia.
The pain experienced after third molar surgery was investigated over a 7 day post-operative period in 80 patients. The results from the study suggest that post-operative pain is of short duration and reaches its maximum intensity in the early post-operative period. ⋯ The sex of the patient and whether there is a previous history of pericoronitis are important determinants of post-operative pain. However, the magnitude of post-operative pain does not appear to be dependent upon the operator or related to the extent of surgical trauma as assessed by operating time and radiographic score.