[Discussion and evaluation of several issues concerning the classification of impacted third molars]

The classification of impacted third molars is important in clinical diagnosis and surgical selection. At present, the common clinical impacted third molar classification is different in the maxillary and mandibular classification criteria. Through the review and analysis of various classification methods of impacted third molar, this paper proposes a more comprehensive and unified classification proposal for the classification of impacted third molar, in order to form a widely accepted application classification method.