Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie : MKG
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Mund Kiefer Gesichtschir · Nov 2004
Comparative Study[Wisdom teeth-complications requiring in-patient treatment. A 1-year prospective study].
In view of the conflicting guidelines issued by national and international scientific societies, debate about the indications for prophylactic extraction of wisdom teeth is ongoing. This prospective study was therefore set up to explore the complications associated with wisdom teeth and requiring in-patient treatment. ⋯ In our clinic's catchment area, infectious complications were more frequent and more severe and required more intensive and longer treatment in hospital than complications arising from pericoronitis. However, complications of prophylactic extraction of wisdom teeth were decidedly less frequent than direct or indirect complications of extraction of symptomatic teeth. Thus, our data tend to support the concept of elective extraction of wisdom teeth with the aim of preventing serious infections.