title: [Wound management after wisdom tooth osteotomy].
abstract: Closure and dressing techniques in wound treatment after surgical removal of the mandibular third molars were compared. Large abscesses were found after third molar removal in 8 percent. An extraoral incision was made in 58 percent of these cases. On the other side, in a group of 1189 third molar removals treated by a gauze strip no abscess was observed. In a further investigation the subjective disturbance of patients treated with a dressed gauze were the slightest. Also, the dressing technique in the treatment after third molar removal could decrease the number of postoperative infections.
authors.affiliation: Mund-, Kiefer-, Gesichtschirurgie, Nordwestdeutsche Kieferklinik, Universitäts-Krankenhaus Eppendorf, Hamburg.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hellner
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brandes
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bschorer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmelzle
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gehrke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winter
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bordasch
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy; D010508:Periodontal Abscess / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000601:surgery*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology