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NCT Number: NCT05049382

Does Extraction Difficulty of Mandibular Impacted Third Molars Mirror Post-op Outcomes?

The tooth of the patient who applies to the clinic for the impacted wisdom tooth will be classified according to Escoda's difficulty classification. Before the extraction, patients' interincisal, tragus-commissural, and lateral canthus-angulus distances, Oral Health Impact Profile -14 (OHIP-14) scores, and serum levels of CRP and D-Dimer will be measured.

Operation time will be recorded. After the operation, on 4th-day patients' patients' interincisal, tragus-commissural, and lateral canthus-angulus distances, Oral Health Impact Profile -14 (OHIP-14) scores, and serum levels of CRP and D-Dimer and Visual Analogue Scale (for pain) scores will be measured and recorded. On the 10th day, all these measurements will be repeated.

All recorded data will be evaluated for possible correlations based on extraction difficulties.

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Key information

Conditions

Impacted Third Molar Tooth

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Selcuk University, Dentistry Faculty

Selçuklu, Konya, 42250, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Having extraction of only the mandibular third molar
  • No systemic disease
  • Signing an informed consent
  • No dental phobia or anxiety
  • No lesion around the impacted tooth
  • Presence of adjacent second molar

Exclusion criteria

  • Infection after surgery
  • Alveolar osteitis
  • Not to participate in any follow-up control appointments

Treatment and study plan

Extraction of impacted mandibular third molar

Procedure

surgical extraction of impacted mandibular third molar tooth

Primary outcomes

  1. interincisal distance change

    Time frame: before the surgery, 4th and 10th days

    The distance between the right upper central incisor incisal line and the right upper incisor incisal line will be measured before the surgery, on the 5th and 10th day. The changes will be evaluated.

  2. tragus-commissura distance

    Time frame: before the surgery, 4th and 10th days

    the distance between tragus and angulus in relevant side will be measured before the surgery, on the 5th and 10th day. The changes will be evaluated.

  3. lateral canthus-angulus distance

    Time frame: before the surgery, 4th and 10th days

    the distance between lateral canthus and angulus in relevant side will be measured before the surgery, on the 5th and 10th day. The changes will be evaluated.

  4. OHIP-14 score

    Time frame: before the surgery, 4th and 10th days

    Oral Health Impact Profile Score(14-70; higher is worse)

  5. VAS score

    Time frame: 4th and 10th days

    Visual analog scale score(0-10; higher is worse)

  6. Operation time

    Time frame: after the operation

    Duration of surgical intervention

  7. CRP serum level

    Time frame: before the surgery and 4th day

    Serum levels of CRP will be measured via blood samples before the surgery and the 5th day.

  8. D-Dimer serum level

    Time frame: before the surgery and 4th day

    Serum levels of D-Dimer will be measured via blood samples before the surgery and the 5th day.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Selcuk University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Sep 20, 2021
Registry last updated
May 15, 2025

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