[Wound management after wisdom tooth osteotomy]

Closure and dressing techniques in wound treatment after surgical removal of the mandibular third molars were compared. Large abscesses were found after third molar removal in 8 percent. An extraoral incision was made in 58 percent of these cases. On the other side, in a group of 1189 third molar removals treated by a gauze strip no abscess was observed. In a further investigation the subjective disturbance of patients treated with a dressed gauze were the slightest. Also, the dressing technique in the treatment after third molar removal could decrease the number of postoperative infections.