As every surgical procedure extraction of third molars can result in several complications, among them the mandibular angle fracture. Predisposing factors for fracture should be analyzed during and after the surgery. This ...

Third molar extraction is one of the most frequently performed procedures in the dental clinic, and it is associated with innumerable trans- and postoperative complications, such as pain, trismus, edema, localized alveolar ...

Ectopic third molar teeth are those that are impacted in unusual positions, or that have been displaced and are at a distance from their normal anatomic location. Ectopic eruption of a tooth within the oral cavity is common, ...

A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo comparar os valores médios normais das angulações mesiodistais dentárias, propostos por Ursi em 1989, com as angulações mesiodistais de caninos, pré-molares e molares inferiores em ...

The frequency of simultaneously impacted second and third molars in teenagers is increasing and becoming a common occurrence in adolescent oral surgery practice. The traditional treatment is the removal of the third molar ...

In a sample of Brazilian white young adults between 18-23 years old, the A.A. studied the third molar roots, in anatomical aspects, using the orthopantomographic radiographic method. They concluded that the superior third ...