Retained third molars, their behavior in Cuba. Literature review

Authors

  • Myrna del Puerto Horta Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas. Matanzas
  • Leivis Casas Insua Centro Provincial para el Desarrollo de la Medicina Natural y Tradicional Dr. Mario E. Dihigo. Matanzas
  • Roberto Cañete Villafranca Centro Provincial de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología. Matanzas

Keywords:

third molar, retained, complications, pre- and post-surgery

Abstract

Background: the aim of this work is developing a bibliographic review on the studies carried out and published in several Cuban provinces, approaching pre-surgery and post-surgery complications of the third retained molars.
Methodology: we developed a search strategy with the terms: third retained molar, meta-analyses, systematic review, combined with pre- and post-surgery complications, using literature published from January 1990 to June 2013.  
Discussion: in all the studies made in different Cuban provinces we found that the third molars are the teeth having greater retention possibilities, therefore their surgical treatment is almost always indicated; they present different pre- and post-surgery complications.
Conclusions: with this review we arrived to the conclusion that in studies carried out in different Cuban provinces, the most frequent pre-surgery complication caused by the retained third molars was pericoronaritis, always accompanied by pain and edema, and the most frequent post-surgery complication was facial cellulites, almost always accompanied with trismus and pain.

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Published

2014-10-15

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del Puerto Horta M, Casas Insua L, Cañete Villafranca R. Retained third molars, their behavior in Cuba. Literature review. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2014 Oct. 15 [cited 2025 Jan. 9];36:752-6. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/1166

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Vol. 36 (2014): Suplemento 1

Section

Review article

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