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Age and gender related distribution of patients undergoing maxillary third molar extractions
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SAM JOHN KOSHY, MADHULAXMI M, SIVAKUMAR M
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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.
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Third molar; extraction; impaction; complication; maxillary molar
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.185
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