title: The impacted lower wisdom tooth: to remove or to leave alone?
abstract: The management of impacted third molars, particularly the indications for their removal, is judged against a constantly changing climate of professional opinion, public attitudes to treatment and the funding of healthcare. These changes highlight the practitioner's dilemma: to remove an impacted wisdom tooth or to leave well alone? This article discusses the indications for and risks of wisdom tooth removal, and suggests guidelines for dealing with the dilemma.
authors.affiliation: UMDS, London.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Robinson
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D015995:Prevalence; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery