The Effect of Smoking on Postoperative Period of Extraction of Impacted Mandibular Third Molars

Year 2016, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 31 - 38, 01.05.2016

Seda Yılmaz Hatice Hoşgör Özlem Akbelen Kaya Burcu Baş Bora Özden

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of cigarette smoking on the post-operative severity of pain, swelling and limitation of mouth opening after impacted mandibular third molar surgery.Materials and Methods: This prospective comparative study was conducted for 147 cases in two groups of patients, smokers (n=31) and non-smokers (n= 116) who undergoes surgical extractions of impacted third molars. The patients’ pre- and intra-operative findings of the study group were recorded. The patients were asked to fill out a form to record the findings of postoperative pain, swelling and mouth opening limitation for 6 days. Pain was recorded on a visual analog scale from 1 to 10 and swelling was recorded as mild, moderate and severe. The limitation of mouth opening was evaluated by the patient during the postoperative 6 days and was recorded as yes or no. One way ANOVA with f= 1;145 significance level was used as statistical analysis.Results: The mean age of the smokers was 27,75±9,15 while non-smokers was 25,7±6,9 . No significant difference was found at the post-operative period regarding the severity of pain, swelling and mouth opening.Conclusion: Smoking did not considerably made difference in terms of postoperative symptoms followed by third molar surgery. However further studies need to be conducted with including larger sample size

Keywords

smoking, tooth extraction, third molars, pain, post-operative

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