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Buccal rotation for wholly impacted maxillary third molar extraction
Zhou-Xi Ye1, Wen-Hao Qian2, Yu-Bo Wu1
1Shanghai Xuhui District Dental Disease Prevention and Control Institute, No. 500, Fenlin Rd, Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
Background:
Extracting wholly impacted maxillary 3rd molars faces difficulty due to the narrow surgical field, adjacent teeth resistances and risk of oroantral communication. This study is designed to introduce and evaluate the applicability of a novel method-buccal rotation to extract maxillary 3rd molars.
Materials And Methods:
In this cohort study, from October 1st 2020 to September 30th 2021, 72 wholly impacted maxillary 3rd molars were included. Based on the crowns with coronal 1/3, middle 1/3, apical 1/3 of the adjacent teeth roots, teeth were classified into position I, II, III. Based on the angles < 30°, ≥ 30°but < 60°, ≥ 60° to the adjacent teeth, teeth were classified into angulation A, B, C. Traditional method and novel method-buccal rotation were applied based on the surgical simulations. Surgical results were recorded. To analyze the data, Chi-square test was applied.
Results:
82.00% of teeth in position I and 50.00% in position II were designed to use traditional method, 83.33% in position III were using the novel method (p < 0.05). 81.25% of teeth in angulation A and 52.63% in angulation B were designed to use traditional method, 80.00% in angulation C were using the novel method (p < 0.05). Four cases got temporary complications.
Conclusion:
Buccal rotation was applicable to extract the deep impacted maxillary third molars with large angles towards the adjacent teeth.
