Undesirable outcomes associated with removal (alveolar osteitis/postoperative infection, nerve injury, damage to adjacent teeth, bleeding, osteonecrosis, inflammation/infection) · Adolescents or adults with asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Undesirable outcomes associated with removal: Not measured. No included studies measured outcomes or adverse events associated with removal (alveolar osteitis/postoperative infection, nerve injury, damage to adjacent…
0 studies
No studies found
Costs (days off work/study; direct costs of retention or removal) · Adolescents or adults with asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Other pathological changes associated with retention (pericoronitis, root resorption, cyst formation, tumour formation, inflammation/infection) · Adolescents or adults with asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
No included studies reported pericoronitis, root resorption, cyst formation, tumour formation or inflammation/infection.
0 studies
No studies found
Arch length (dental arch dimensional change) · Adolescents or adults with asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth
Surgical removal (extraction) of asymptomatic disease-free impacted… may leads to lower arch length (dimensional changes in the dental arch) compared with retention (conservative management) of asymptomatic disease-free… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Little's irregularity index (dimensional changes in the dental arch) · Adolescents or adults with asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth
Surgical removal (extraction) of asymptomatic disease-free impacted… showed no clear difference in little's irregularity index (dimensional changes in the dental arch) compared with retention (conservative management) of asymptomatic disease-free… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Health‐related quality of life · Adolescents or adults with asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
Intercanine width · Adolescents or adults with asymptomatic disease-free impacted wisdom teeth
Surgical removal (extraction) of asymptomatic disease-free impacted… showed no clear difference in intercanine width (dimensional changes in the dental arch) compared with retention (conservative management) of asymptomatic disease-free… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review