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Evaluation of postoperative trismus in buccal versus lingual approach for impacted mandibular third molar removal.

Nitin Purohit, Dipanjal Saikia, Abhigyan Manas, Abdul Kalam Azad, Shibabrata Behera, Vaibhav Rai, Sai Kiran Bahadur, Varadharajula Venkata Ramaiah

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Nitin PurohitDepartment of Dentistry, District Hospital, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, India.
Dipanjal SaikiaDepartment of Dentistry, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Dibrugarh, Assam, India.
Abhigyan ManasDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, Etawah, India.
Abdul Kalam AzadDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, College of Dentistry, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia.
Shibabrata BeheraDepartment of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Patia, Bhubaneswar-751024, Odisha, India.
Vaibhav RaiDepartment of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Universal College of Medical Sciences, Nepal, India.
Sai Kiran BahadurDepartment of Prosthodontics, Springfield Dental, Springfield, Massachussets, USA.
Varadharajula Venkata RamaiahDepartment of Public Health, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Qassim University, Buraydah 51452, PSBox 6666, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

Evaluation of trismus incidence and severity between buccal and lingual approaches in impacted mandibular third molar extractions is of interest. Hence, a prospective observational study was conducted with 100 patients divided into two groups: Group A (buccal approach) and Group B (lingual approach). Clinical parameters including inter incisal distance (IID), Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for pain, facial swelling and surgery duration were assessed preoperatively and postoperatively on Days 1, 3 and 7. The lingual approach to mandibular third molar extraction is connected with a greater chances of severe postoperative trismus compared to the buccal approach.

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buccal approachimpacted third molarlingual flapodds ratioROC curveTrismus

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