title: 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.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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
  
  
  METHODS
  Poramate Pitak-Arnnop, DDS, PGDipClinSc (OMS), MSc, PhD, DSc Niels Christian Pausch, MD, DMD, PhD.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Foundation, the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and the Dental Foundation of North America.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 2: Limited-quality, patient-oriented evidence.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
authors.affiliation: 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
authors.forename: Poramate
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pitak-Arnnop
authors.forename: Niels Christian
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Pausch