Does Extraction Difficulty of Mandibular Impacted Third Molars Mirror Post-op Outcomes?

The tooth of the patient who applies to the clinic for the impacted wisdom tooth will be classified according to Pell-Gregory and Winter Classifications. Before the extraction, patients' interincisal, tragus-commissural, and lateral canthus-angulus distances, and Oral Health Impact Profile -14 (OHIP-14) scores will be measured. Operation time will be recorded. After the operation, on 3rd-day patients' interincisal, tragus-commissural and lateral canthus-angulus distances, OHIP-14 scores, and Visual Analogue Scale scores will be recorded. On the 7th and 14th day, all these measurements will be replied. On the 30th day and the 60th day, OHIP-14 scores will be measured again. All these data will be evaluated to find any correlation between; operation time, classification, and post-op outcomes.

All measurements will be made by a researcher who does not know whether it is a preop or postop measurement, which tooth will be extracted, and the classification of the tooth.

Inclusion Criteria: Having extraction of only the mandibular third molar No systemic disease Signing an informed consent No dental phobia or anxiety No lesion around the impacted tooth Presence of adjacent second molar At least 35 mm mouth opening Non-rooted or parallel-rooted tooth Partial bony impaction or intraosseous impacted tooth Presence of infection at the surgery zone Exclusion Criteria: Infection after surgery Alveolar osteitis Not to participate in any follow-up control appointments Lasting less than 10 minutes or more than 50 minutes operations