1. Age and gender related distribution of patients undergoing maxillary third molar extractions.
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KOSHY, SAM JOHN, M., MADHULAXMI, and M., SIVAKUMAR
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THIRD molars , *MOLARS , *CHI-squared test , *TOOTH socket , *ORAL surgeons , *AGE groups - Abstract
Maxillary third molar extractions are one of the most common procedures performed by oral surgeons and general dentists in day to day clinical practice. It is however important at the same time to understand the variations that arise in the age of eruption, distension and impaction if occurs. It is important to be able to judge and choose the appropriate surgical approach for treating third molars requiring removal from the oral cavity and to give clinicians the gravity of understanding the cause for extraction. The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of maxillary third molars undergoing extraction and its correlation to age and gender of the patient. This is a single centre retrospective study done from June 2019 - March 2020. The sample was collected from a pooled patient data of 21000 patients with definite inclusion and exclusion criterions. 2066 patients who underwent extraction of their maxillary third molars were considered. The parameters were examined and processed with relevance to the extracted maxillary third molar teeth on the basis of age and gender of the patient. IBM SPSS Version 20 was used for statistical analysis. Out of a total of 2066 patients considered for maxillary third molar extraction, the most common prevalent age group was 31-40 years of age (27.2%). Interestingly around the same number of patients had undergone extraction in the age group of 21-30 and 41-50 years (23.5% and 23.9% respectively). 23.8% were over 50 years of age to have undergone extraction of maxillary third molars. Out of a total 2066 patients, 1058 patients were female making them more prevalent than males (51.2%). More than half the total patients considered required extraction of maxillary third molars on the left side (51.3%). The association of age on the maxillary third molars extracted was statistically significant with p=0.046<0.05 by Chi square test. This study concludes to establish that though the predominance of maxillary third molar extractions arise in the age group of 31-40 years, they made only one quarter of the total sample population and the overall majority were over 40 years of age. Gender predilection was females over males in our population. The most common extracted maxillary third molar tooth was of the left side with definitive correlation to age and gender of the patient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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