title: Post-operative complications following dental extractions at the School of Dentistry, University of Otago.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the frequency and correlates associations of post-extraction complications at a dental school.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective review of patient records.
  
  
  METHODS
  Exodontia clinic at the School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin.
  
  
  METHODS
  Provider characteristics, patient demographic characteristics, patient medical history, teeth extracted and occurrence of postoperative complications.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 598 extractions (540 routine and 58 surgical) which were undertaken in the audit period, 74 (12.4%) resulted in post-operative complications. Dry socket and post-operative pain were the major complications. A higher complication rate was found among patients treated by fourth-year undergraduate students than among those treated by more senior students or staff. Post-operative complications were not significantly associated with patients' ethnicity or medical history.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rate of postoperative complications at the Univeristy of Otago's Faculty of Dentistry is consistent with reports in existing literature and inversely associated with operators' experience.
authors.forename: Darryl C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Haidar H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Al-Hassiny
authors.forename: Adrian B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ain
authors.forename: Jonathan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Broadbent
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019230:Dental Audit; D003740:Dental Clinics; D004368:Dry Socket / Q000453:epidemiology; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012575:Schools, Dental; D013335:Students, Dental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014081:Tooth Extraction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult