Surgical removal (extraction) of asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth vs Retention (conservative management) of asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth: Arch length (dental arch dimensional change)
Prophylactic surgical removal of asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth showed no clear difference in arch length (dental arch dimensional change) compared with retention (non-intervention) of asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth; GRADE not reported.
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Prophylactic surgical removal of asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth vs Retention (non-intervention) of asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth Arch length (dental arch dimensional change) · Adolescents and adults with asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth · Harradine 1998: 5 years; Lindqvist 1982: at least 3 years Prophylactic surgical removal of asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth showed no clear difference in arch length (dental arch dimensional change) compared with retention (non-intervention) of asymptomatic impacted wisdom teeth; GRADE not reported. Surgical removal versus retention for the management of asymptomatic disease‐free impacted wisdom teeth (2005) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD003879.PUB2, superseded | MD 1.0 | 2 studies · 216 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgical removal versus retention for the management of asymptomatic disease‐free impacted wisdom teeth 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2019-05-10 | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.