[Germectomy of the 3d molar in orthodontics: contrasting opinions in the literature and personal considerations].

In the orthodontic practice one of the controversial points is if the third molar tooth can contribute to the development of a bad occlusion or determine a relapse of a ranging, above all in the fore segment of the dental arch. The Author, after taking into consideration the favourable and the contrary subjects to an eventual germectomy of the octaves with the prophylactic or the therapeutical purpose, he finishes declaring that you can't accept a strictness of position. In fact if you can consider the utility of the germectomy in some particular cases, you mustn't yet accuse the third molar tooth to be the only cause of a bad occlusion.