Impacted wisdom teeth: an aduit

This study aimed at identifying the indications and postoperative complications of third molar surgery. This is a retrospective study of a randomized sample of 255 patients who were treated at the department of oral surgery, salamniya medical complex for surgical removel of wisdom teeth during the period January 1993 to may 1996. most common indicationfor wisdom teeth surgery was pericoronitis [50.6%]. Minor indication included orthodontic reasons [11.4%]. Surgery was commonly contemplated under local anesthesia [55.7%] using surgical drill in 75%. One [0.39%] patient who had the tooth removed using the lingual split technique suffered permanent lingual paresthesia