| Abstrakt: |
Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence and the contributing factors of infected socket in post-surgical removal of mandibular wisdom tooth. Materials and Methods: The dental records of patients who attended Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (HUSM) for surgical removal of mandibular third molars were reviewed. Patients' identification data, medical problem, oral hygiene, smoking status and occurrence of post-operative complication were recorded. From the total of the 342 surgical removals, 256 patients were found to have complete dental record, where 149 were female and the remaining 107 were male the average age of 24.4 years. Results: Out of the 256 patients, postoperative infected socket occurred in 27 patients (10.5%). Other complications were ulcer (n = 8, 3.1%), swelling more than 1 week (n = 11, 4.3%), sensory dysfunction of the inferior alveolar nerve (n = 6, 2.3%), and trismus (n = 10, 3.9%). The risk of infected socket was greater among the patients who had poor hygiene (p = 0.001). There was no significant relationship between the medical problems, age, gender, smoker status and infected socket. Conclusion: Postoperative infection is the most common type of complication and oral hygiene is one of the contribution factors for development of infected socket. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
