title: Complications of exodontia: a retrospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to analyze the incidence of various complications following routine exodontia performed using fixed protocols.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 22,330 extractions carried out in 14,975 patients, aged between 14 and 82 years, who reported to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, were evaluated for various complications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common complications encountered were tooth fracture, trismus, fracture of cortical plates and dry socket. Wound dehiscence, postoperative pain and hemorrhage were encountered less frequently. Luxation of adjacent teeth, fracture of maxillary tuberosity, and displacement of tooth into adjacent tissue spaces were rare complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The practice of exodontia inevitably results in complications from time to time. It is imperative for the clinician to recognize impending complications and manage them accordingly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Padmashree Dr. D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital, Dr. D. Y. Patil University, Nerul, Navi Mumbai, India.
authors.forename: Gokul Parameswar
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Venkateshwar
authors.forename: Mukul Nandkumar
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Padhye
authors.forename: Aman Rajiv
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Khosla
authors.forename: Shruti Tejprakash
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Kakkar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004368:Dry Socket / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery; D008440:Maxillary Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000453:epidemiology; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000453:epidemiology; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014082:Tooth Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology; D014313:Trismus / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult