[Is germectomy of the wisdom teeth truly of value in orthodontics? (author's transl)].

The long-term results of treatment of various dentomaxillary dysharmonies demonstrate that these are influenced very little or not at all by prophylactic germectomy of the wisdom teeth. It would appear, in fact, that recurrent malpositioning in the anterior region is related more to problems concerning variations in inclination of the alveolar processes, than to a suggested posterior encumbrance.