title: Possible link between extraction of wisdom teeth and temporomandibular disc displacement with reduction: matched case control study.
abstract: We undertook a case control study that compared 220 patients diagnosed with disc displacement with reduction at the Dental Hospital of Manchester with 1100 controls drawn from participants in the 1998 Adult Dental Health Survey. We found that patients were not significantly more likely to have had extraction of third molars than controls; odds ratio: 1.28, 95% CI: 0.96-1.71. Also only 21 patients (9.5%) reported having had extraction of third molars in the 5 years before their diagnosis. We conclude that for most patients extraction of third molars is unlikely to have caused disc displacement with reduction.
authors.affiliation: Oral Health Unit, Dental Hospital of Manchester, Manchester University, Higher Cambridge Street, Manchester M15 6FH, UK. Tony.Threlfall@man.ac.uk
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Threlfall
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kanaa
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tickle
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008964:Molar, Third / Q000601:surgery*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects*