Female and older adult patients (age ≥ 21 Years) had slower recovery after third-molar surgery compared with males and younger adults in a US study

Poramate Pitak-Arnnop; Niels Christian Pausch

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2011.09.014

Female and older adult patients (age ≥ 21 Years) had slower recovery after third-molar surgery compared with males and younger adults in a US study

J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2011 Dec;11(4):196-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2011.09.014.

Authors

Poramate Pitak-Arnnop¹, Niels Christian Pausch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral, Craniomaxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery, Scientific Unit for Clinical and Psychosocial Research, Evidence-Based Surgery and Ethics in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany. poramate.pitakarnnop@gmail.com

PMID: 22078833
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2011.09.014

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Recovery after third-molar surgery: the effects of age and sex. Phillips C, Gelesko S, Proffit WR, White RP Jr. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2010;138(6):700.e1-8

Reviewers: Poramate Pitak-Arnnop, DDS, PGDipClinSc (OMS), MSc, PhD, DSc Niels Christian Pausch, MD, DMD, PhD.

Purpose/question: To assess the effects of age and gender on quality-of-life recovery after third-molar surgery in patients treated in either community practices or academic centers.

Source of funding: The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation, the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and the Dental Foundation of North America.

Type of study/design: Cohort study.

Level of evidence: Level 2: Limited-quality, patient-oriented evidence.

Strength of recommendation grade: Not applicable.

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