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Accuracy of Variables for Impacted Mandibular Third Molar Surgery

NCT05143359 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2021-12-03

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Summary

Accuracy of the variables used in Wharfe assessment and Pederson difficulty index for impacted mandibular third molar surgery.

The lower 3rd molar tooth is one of the most frequently impacted teeth. Its prevalence ranges from 30.3% to 68.6% worldwide according to a study conducted by Sekhar, 2020. The impaction of a tooth can be defined as a pathological condition in which eruption of tooth is not normal i.e. it is not erupted as expected within a specific time period. The impaction renders the affected tooth as non-functional due to its postural instability/ abnormal position. The normal tooth eruption is dependent on several local as well as systemic factors. Normal eruption can be altered by neighboring tooth, excessive soft tissue in the surrounding, or the dense overlying bone. Race and Ethnicity an also affect/ alter the impaction rate.

The removal of 3rd mandibular molar/ wisdom tooth is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures, being done in dental clinics on daily basis. To predict the difficulty level of this procedure for impacted lower 3rd molar, no scoring system/ scale is considered sufficient i.e. every scale takes some factors into account, while missing some factors, so clinically not very much reliable. Some of the proposed scales/ models which are clinically in use are as follows: WHARFE's, Pederson's, Winter's, and Pell and Gregory's model.

Conditions

  • Impacted Third Molar Tooth

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Wharfe and Pederson difficulty index

Efficiency of Wharfe and Pederson Difficulty index in extraction of third molars.

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Winters difficulty index

Efficiency of Winters Difficulty index in extraction of third molars.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Dow University of Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Gobind Ram · Dow University of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-11-30
Primary Completion
2022-05-01
Completion
2022-07-01

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