Correlation of Variables for WHARFE Assessment and Pederson Difficulty Index for Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Surgery—A Prospective Clinical Study

Autor: Rathna Valluri, Swapnil Singh, M. Ravi Sekhar
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: J Maxillofac Oral Surg
ISSN: 0974-942X
0972-8279
Popis: OBJECTIVES: To assess the correlation of factors of WHARFE assessment and Pederson difficulty index for impacted mandibular third molar surgery. STUDY DESIGN: A comparative study of difficult factors utilizing Pederson WHARFE and WAR lines was performed involving patients undergoing surgical removal of mandibular third molars for 100 such teeth. RESULTS: The Spearman's rho correlation run to determine the relationship between Pederson difficulty index and WHARFE assessment values showed a strong, positive monotonic correlation at the 0.05 level (2-tailed; rs = 0.242, n = 100, p = 0.015
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