ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023
Relationship between the Status of Third Molars and the Occurrence of Dental and Periodontal Lesions in Adjacent Second Molars in the Polish Population: A Radiological Retrospective Observational Study.
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- Influence of impacted mandibular third molars on pathological changes on themselves and adjacent tissues across different age groups: a cross-sectional study.Journal of applied oral science : revista FOB · 2026Observational
- Impacted third molars and their influence on second molar pathologies: radiological patterns, statistical analysis, and emerging AI perspectives.Frontiers in dental medicine · 2026Article
- Prevalence and patterns of impacted third molars and their association with distal caries incidence in adjacent second molars: a CBCT-based study in a Saudi subpopulation.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Do fully erupted third molars affect the dental and periodontal health of adjacent second molars? A CBCT-based retrospective study in the Yemeni population.BMC oral health · 2025Article
- Association between mandibular third molar impactions and distal carious lesions on the adjacent second molars: A cross-sectional study.The Journal of international medical research · 2025Article
- Clinical and Molecular Impact of Advanced Platelet-Rich Fibrin on Pain, Swelling, and Distal Periodontal Status of Mandibular Second Molars After Mandibular Third-Molar Extraction.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Worldwide Prevalence and Demographic Predictors of Impacted Third Molars-Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Prevalence and Symmetry of Positional Anomalies in Second Permanent Molars: Study of Romanian Patients.Pediatric reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of third molars on caries, external root resorption, and alveolar bone loss on the distal surface of adjacent second molars. A total of 2488 panoramic radiographs of adult Poles were evaluated. Third molars were classified, according to eruption status, into non-impacted, partially, or completely impacted, and according to angulation into horizontal, mesioangular, vertical, and distoangular. Completely impacted third molars were assigned as reference group. The odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals for the occurrence of the above-mentioned pathologies were 1.39 (1.09-2.21), 6.51 (3.72-10.11), and 2.42 (1.22-4.09), respectively, for second molars with adjacent erupted third molars and 1.54 (1.11-2.82), 10.65 (7.81-20.19), and 5.21 (3.38-10.81), respectively, when partially impacted third molars were next to second molars. The ORs of lesions were significantly higher for horizontally and mesioangularly impacted third molars. Within the limitation of a radiological study, it might be concluded that the presence of erupted third molars is a risk factor for caries, while the presence of impacted third molars increases the risk of root resorption and bone loss on the distal surface of second molars.
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