Impacted third molar surgery in older patients—Is patient´s age really a risk factor for complications?
In contrast to recent publications, the present study falsified a positive correlation between patients' age and the occurrence of postoperative complications in impacted third molar surgery. Therefore, other risk factors should be investigated in order to minimize these procedure specific complications.
Authors
- Florian Dudde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1287-9775)
- Manfred Giese
- Oliver Schuck
- Christina Krüger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6544-7917)
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Oral Investigations
- Published
- 2024-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-024-05975-x
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Dental Radiography and Imaging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.48