Postoperative complications in oral surgery. A study of cases treated during 1980

Postoperative complications associated with 1.457 surgical operations performed during 1980 at the Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, are reported. The frequency was found to be 7.4%. With the exception of alveolitis which mostly occurred in older patients, no sex or age differences could be found. The majority of operations were performed in the region of the mandibular third molar and most of the postoperative complications were found to occur here. Of the 102 postoperative complications those most frequently found were alveolitis (41), postoperative infections (31), bleedings (11) and postoperative prolonged anaesthesia (10).