Liedholm R, Knutsson K, Lysell L, Rohlin M
Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Odontology Malmö University, Sweden.
Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1999 Dec;37(6):440-3. doi: 10.1054/bjom.1999.0184.
The aim was to examine oral surgeons' assessment of the indications for removal of mandibular third molars. Questionnaires were distributed to seven oral and maxillofacial surgery clinics. The oral surgeons were asked to record whether or not there was associated disease. Three other factors were recorded: patient's age, and angular position and extent of eruption of the molars. The strength of the indication for removal was rated on a visual analogue scale (VAS) where 0= weakest and 100= strongest indication for removal. The results were based on data from 666 molars: 118 (18%) had no disease, 465 (70%) had one associated disease, 77 (11%) had two and 6 (1%) had three. The indication for removal as expressed by the mean VAS for molars with no disease was assessed to be weaker (P<0.05) than that for molars with one, two, or three diseases. The only factor that influenced the indication for removal in molars with no disease was the patient's age.
目的是研究口腔外科医生对下颌第三磨牙拔除适应证的评估。向7家口腔颌面外科诊所发放了调查问卷。要求口腔外科医生记录是否存在相关疾病。还记录了其他三个因素：患者年龄、磨牙的角度位置和萌出程度。拔除适应证的强度采用视觉模拟量表（VAS）进行评分，其中0表示最弱，100表示最强的拔除适应证。结果基于666颗磨牙的数据：118颗（18%）无疾病，465颗（70%）有1种相关疾病，77颗（11%）有2种，6颗（1%）有3种。无疾病磨牙的平均VAS所表示的拔除适应证被评估为比有1种、2种或3种疾病的磨牙弱（P<0.05）。在无疾病的磨牙中，影响拔除适应证的唯一因素是患者年龄。
